The question “What is a Pentecostal?” is not only a legitimate inquiry, but is also that with which many people who identify as Pentecostal continue to grapple. In its simplest form, a Pentecostal is ...

Survey finds nondenominational churches have the least baggage in people’s minds. Most Americans are open to a variety of denominations of Christian churches, including many people of other faiths or ...

Up to 20,000 African-American Christians will gather today in Baltimore for three days of prayer, preaching and praise, all part of a decade-old movement that advocates a controversial fusion of the ...

Pentecostal Christians are Protestant Christians who trace their spiritual roots to the charismatic religious traditions that developed in the early 20th century. Pentecostal Christians emphasize ...

“Holy Spirit religion” is quietly infiltrating the church, revitalizing us all. I recently attended a Midwestern Baptist church in which the pastor directed his congregation to pray with hands ...

An April 2005 meeting in Los Angeles, U.S.A., commemorated the first centenary of the Pentecostal Movement. The chronicles recount that at the beginning of the 20th century, a group of believers was ...

Baptism in (or of) the Holy Spirit, in-filling of the Holy Spirit The primary experience in the pentecostal and charismatic movements, in which the believer receives spiritual gifts and empowerment, ...

(The Conversation) — Historically, Black Pentecostal-charismatic churches have not put an emphasis on political issues. That may be changing, a scholar of Black Christianity explains. Apart from ...