Precedents in early charismatic movements, 1900-1960s -- Oriki : genealogy and identity in Pentecostal historiography -- Bakuzufu : contested identities and the quest for power in African Christianity ...

ROME — African Catholics often say that deep respect for religion and a pervasively spiritual worldview on the continent are among their Church’s greatest resources, and of course that’s true.

Maxwell (African Gifts of the Spirit), an ecclesiastical history professor at the University of Cambridge, delivers an enlightening study of Pentecostal missionary activities in Central Africa from ...

Only a third of the continent’s Christians are Pentecostals and other renewalists. And they’re facing backlash. John MacArthur still doesn't like the charismatic movement. The past decade or two have ...

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – A leading bishop in the Republic of the Congo has warned that an exponential rise in Christian Pentecostalism in the country is posing a stiff challenge to the Catholic Church, ...

Literatures on African Pentecostalism are overdue for reviews to reflect the right interpretations and applications for best practices among Christians. This was the submission of Pentecostal ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A Pentecostal church in South Africa celebrated Easter Sunday with mass wedding ceremonies for around 3,000 people, with many of them entering into polygamous marriages. The ...

When Pastor E.A. Adeboye stepped into the sanctuary at Dominion Chapel in Stafford, the congregation shook with loudening praise music, waving hands and applause. The 1,000 or so worshipers dropped to ...

Pentecostalism A major subset of modern evangelical Christianity characterized by a strong belief in “gifts of the spirit,” such as speaking in tongues, prophesy, the discernment of spirits, and faith ...