A couple of weeks ago I wrote a column — based on an earlier piece by New York Times pundit David French — about the three subdivisions of white born-again Christianity. Those three groups are ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Topekan Lee Defendorf has taken on the role of unofficial historian of the former Stone’s Folly mansion in Topeka, where historians say the modern-day Pentecostal movement began ...

LOS ANGELES -- When Fabiola Briones entered a Pentecostal church for the first time, she was in crisis, recently divorced and bitter from abuse she suffered as a child. A Mexican-American Catholic, ...

It’s no longer just about raising a hand to God. It’s also about reaching out a hand to the needy. To get into the minds of today's Pentecostals, visit a classroom of ministers in training, ...

(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 ...

If you have any interest in the well being of the World Christian movement, then it's hard not to care about the 600 million-strong Pentecostal-Charismatic movement. Not only does it constitute a ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection, which dates from circa 1887-2001, contains materials relating to the history of African-American Holiness and Pentecostal ...

Many of the faithful are gathering in Los Angeles this week to celebrate the centennial of modern Pentecostalism. A black minister is said to have founded Pentecostalism in downtown Los Angeles. I'm ...

This year marks the centennial of the Pentecostal movement. In 1906, the Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles brought diverse people together in an intense experience of the Holy Spirit. Now, the ...

“We never want to go over the heads of the people,” says Jesus Perez, pastor of Puerto Rico’s largest Pentecostal Church. “We want to go directly to their hearts.” Never swerving from this philosophy, ...

Worshippers listen as President Joe Biden speaks at Mount Airy Church of God in Christ on July 7, 2024, in Philadelphia. Joe Lamberti for The Washington Post via Getty Images Many Black leaders are ...