# 40/70 window

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The **40/70 Window** is a term used in [Christian missions](/source/Christian_missions) to refer to Europe and Russia. Named in analogy with the [10/40 window](/source/10/40_window), it takes in countries between [40](/source/40th_parallel_north) and [70 degrees north](/source/70th_parallel_north) of the [equator](/source/Equator).[1] These are historically Christian, but for a long time have experienced an increase in [secularism](/source/Secularism) and [nominal Christianity](/source/Nominal_Christianity). According to the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, it is the "largest region outside the Arab Muslim block where missions work progresses most slowly."[2]

The 40/70 window is also associated with Christian [spiritual warfare](/source/Spiritual_warfare) and [spiritual mapping](/source/Spiritual_mapping). Missionary, spiritual warfare proponent, and [New Apostolic Reformation](/source/New_Apostolic_Reformation) leader [C. Peter Wagner](/source/C._Peter_Wagner) held that a [territorial spirit](/source/Territorial_spirit) known as the "Queen of Heaven", which he associated with fertility goddesses and Catholic [veneration](/source/Veneration) of the [Virgin Mary](/source/Virgin_Mary), controls the 40/70 window.[3][4] His 2000 book *The Queen's Domain: Advancing God's Kingdom in the 40/70 Window* focuses on the topic.[5] His [Global Harvest Ministries](/source/Global_Harvest_Ministries) (now Global Spheres) also emphasizes the 40/70 window. In 2001 Wagner and others from the ministry undertook a trip to engage in spiritual battle against the demon controlling the region; organizations opposed included the [German Evangelical Alliance](/source/German_Evangelical_Alliance), which released a statement denouncing such methods.[6][7][8]

## See also

- [Postchristianity](/source/Postchristianity)

## References

1. ["40/70 Window - the Other 10/40 Window"](http://www.ccminternational.org/English/resources/4070window.htm). CCM International. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

1. ["Germany's role in a new reformation"](https://www.abwe.org/sites/default/files/resources/documents/attachments/2016/05/Vol6No1_A_New_ReformationLOW.pdf). *Message*. **6** (1): 31. Association of Baptists for World Evangelism. 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

1. de Korte, Hannah & Onnekink, David (2020-05-28). "Maps Matter. The 10/40 Window and Missionary Geography". *Exchange*. **49** (2): 110–144. [doi:10.1163/1572543X-12341558](https://doi.org/10.1163/1572543X-12341558). [ISSN 0166-2740](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0166-2740)

1. Van der Meer, Erwin (November 2008). [*The Strategic Level Spiritual Warfare Theology of C. Peter Wagner and its Implications for Christian Mission in Malawi*](https://www.academia.edu/8022071). [University of South Africa](/source/University_of_South_Africa). Retrieved 10 September 2024.

1. Wagner, C. Peter (2000). [*The Queen's Domain: Advancing God's Kingdom in the 40/70 Window*](https://archive.org/details/queensdomainadva0000wagn/). Menlo Park: Wagner Publications. ISBN 9781585020096. – via [Archive.org](/source/Archive.org)

1. Holvast, René (2009). [*Spiritual Mapping in the United States and Argentina: 1989–2005: a Geography of Fear*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnIWSLhkZtgC&pg=PA159). [Brill](/source/Brill_Publishers). pp. 159–160. ISBN 978-9004170469. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

1. ["Deutsche Evangelische Allianz steht kritisch zur Gebetsinitiative gegen die 'Königin des Himmels': Gegen territoriale Kampfführung im Gebet"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190719084644/https://www.ead.de/nachrichten-ead/2001/september/04092001-deutsche-evangelische-allianz-steht-kritisch-zur-gebetsinitiative-gegen-die-koenigin-des-himmels/) (in German). *[German Evangelical Alliance](/source/German_Evangelical_Alliance)*. September 4, 2001. Archived from [the original](https://www.ead.de/nachrichten-ead/2001/september/04092001-deutsche-evangelische-allianz-steht-kritisch-zur-gebetsinitiative-gegen-die-koenigin-des-himmels/) on July 19, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2024.

1. Alves, Elizabeth; Femrite, Tommy; Kaufman, Karen (2010). [*Intercessors*](https://books.google.com/books?id=XJkXBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT136). [Baker Books](/source/Baker_Books). p. 136. ISBN 978-1-4412-6812-9. Retrieved 3 June 2023. – via [Google Books](/source/Google_Books)

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