Pentecostal styles of worship and spirituality have come to pervade mainstream Christianity, as Larry Eskridge points out. And as Edith Blumhofer reminds us, Pentecostals are the second-largest ...
In Pentecostal worship, my Reformed theology finds its groove. It can be a little intimidating in a Reformed context to admit that one is Pentecostal. It’s a bit like being at the ballet and letting ...
“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 ...
In June 1918 a Philadelphia reporter asked Pentecostal evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson to describe her theology. McPherson flashed a smile and replied that she had none: rather, she favored ...
A few years ago, my Orthodox pal Frederica Mathewes-Green Terry Mattingly told me he noticed something about ecumenical gatherings he attended. During coffee breaks, the Reformed folks and the ...
Australian-born journalist Elle Hardy’s exposé of global Pentecostalism, released in November by an independent UK publisher, didn’t receive a tremendous amount of attention in the United States—one ...
This week's episode is a collaboration with our friends at LAist Studios about finding salvation in unexpected places. After leaving the Pentecostal Church, reporter Jess Alvarenga has been searching ...
(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 ...