"This servant evangelism ministry served as the life-blood of Dayspring as it mobilized a small army each Saturday for a time of invading an area encompassing forty-eight adjacent city blocks surrounding the church."

Like most para-ministries today, RAVEN is described as non-denominatinal, but both Troy Bohn and Alex Hill list their ordination from Church of God (Cleveland). Bohn is now based in Daytona Beach and RAVEN International has expanded to include ministries in New Orleans, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Raleigh-Durham, and several Texas locations.

Repent Amarillo's tactics have been reported at Right Wing Watch, Think Progress, and Pharyngula, among others.   Also, thanks to bloggers Dogemperor and ArcheoBob for their additional information.

See coverage by the local NBC affiliate, KAMR, at this link.

Repent Amarillo's spiritual mapping and militant spiritual warfare tactics have drawn attention, but they are not much different than those being practiced by "prayer warriors" all over the country.  The spiritual mapping techniques are the same as those introduced by C. Peter Wagner and other New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) leaders.  Pastor Bohn actually appears to disagree with much of the NAR theology but, like many aggressive ministries, has adopted their unorthodox methods nevertheless.

Tommy Barnett, of Phoenix First Assembly of God, and his son Matthew started the LA Dream Center which was a joint project of the Assemblies of God and the International Foursquare Gospel.  

There are now 130 of these Dream Centers which combine urban social services with "city transformation," missions, and spiritual warfare. The Atlanta Dream Center's Master's Commission program website describes participation in their supernatural practicum,

"We take teams out on to the streets of down town Atlanta to cast out demons, heal the sick, and demonstrate the power of God...

...We have seen many people get healed from aids and broken arms and legs restored. We also do outreaches at churches and schools. Our goal is to bring unity to the church through God's power and healing. We go out at least three days a week to invade the streets with the Kingdom, while living a lifestyle that is surrendered to our King."

The Master's Commission programs were also initiated in 1985 by Tommy Barnett at his Phoenix Assembly of God.  This is now an international program for post-high school students with a curriculum in discipleship, evangelism, and spiritual warfare.  In June 2008 Sarah Palin was the keynote speaker at the Master's Commission graduation ceremony at the Wasilla Assembly of God.  At the end of the ceremony the graduates were given samurai swords. The Wasilla Assembly of God subsequently partnered with the Alaska Assemblies of God District Council to open Alaska's first Dream Center.

Spiritual mapping and associated spiritual warfare techniques were pioneered and introduced into the evangelical world as a way to "take territory" by C. Peter Wagner, Ed Silvoso, Cindy Jacobs, Ted Haggard, and Harold Caballeros. George Otis, Jr., producer of the Transformations series of movies, and Youth With A Mission's John Dawson are considered the authors of the definitive texts on spiritual mapping and spiritual warfare for taking control of cities.

The Transformations series of videos demonstrate essentially the same techniques as those being used by Repent Amarillo.  The targets of the spiritual mapping done by Repent Amarillo are also the same categories as those taught in the training books and videos viewed by millions worldwide. &nb