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1. Snake-Handling Pentecostals Take Center Stage at the Kennedy Center ...

Snake-handling Pentecostals may be on the fringe of American religious culture, but a new opera brings their exuberant worship and rockabilly-inspired music to center stage this week. "Taking Up Serpents, ...

Created on 10 January 2019

2. 7 Killed in Pentecostal Church Van Crash on the Way to Disney World

Seven people, including five children, died in a fiery crash in Florida on Thursday. The multi-vehicle crash involved two tractor-trailers, the church van and another sedan. The crash sparked a massive ...

Created on 04 January 2019

3. Why Pentecostal Women Are Visiting Witch Doctors

As she prepared lunch for her children outside her house in Mukhuma village in western Kenya, Joyce Nafula thought of her former husband and began to cry. The two were married for 20 years and had six ...

Created on 16 November 2018

4. Beloved Pastor and Evangelist Awarded for Lifelong Service to Pentecostal Movement

Dr. Lamar Vest was honored with the Spirit of Azusa Award for his life-long leadership of the Pentecostal Movement. The presentation took place at the conclusion of the 13th Annual Azusa Lecture sponsored ...

Created on 26 October 2018

5. How This Pentecostal Pastor's Son Just Earned the Highest Accolade in the World

... PAC, which was founded in 1921 by Swedish Pentecostals, is one of the largest Pentecostal groups in Congo. The church manages the hospital. Although the hospital's main focus is to offer medical and psychol ...

Created on 19 October 2018

6. The Vast Majority of Pentecostal Pastors Feel This Way About President Trump

... across denominations. Pentecostals (86 percent) and Baptists (68 percent) are most likely to approve of the president's performance. Church of Christ pastors (55 percent) and Lutherans (41 percent) ar ...

Created on 11 October 2018

7. Meet 'Dr. Miracle': Pentecostal Pastor's Son Wins Nobel Peace Prize

You may have heard about the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded last week, but since the names weren't famous, you might not have realized that one of the recipients has a remarkable testimony of faith. His ...

Created on 09 October 2018

8. 271 Pentecostal Christians Charged With Converting Hindus Through Lies, Drugs

Two hundred and seventy-one Christians in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have been charged with a range of crimes including attempting to convert Hindus through the use of drugs and by spreading ...

Created on 19 September 2018

9. Christian Billionaire, Top Donor to Pentecostal University Dies

Orlando Magic owner Richard DeVos died Thursday at his home in Ada, Mich., due to complications from an infection, the team announced. He was 92. DeVos, the billionaire co-founder of Amway, bought the ...

Created on 10 September 2018

10. Pentecostal Pastors Call This Leader's Rise to Power a 'Miracle of God'

Pentecostal pastors praise Scott Morrison's selection as Australia's prime minister as a "miracle of God." "We are so excited to report what we believe are two direct answers to our prayer and fasting ...

Created on 07 September 2018

11. Meet The First Pentecostal Prime Minister

When Scott Morrison became prime minister last week, Australians got a man who speaks openly about his Spirit-filled faith. Morrison is a regular attender at Horizon Church, one of the largest Pentecostal ...

Created on 30 August 2018

12. Lecrae Gets Raw at Pentecostal Church: 'I'm a Ticking Time Bomb'

During a sermon at Rich Wilkerson Jr.'s VOUS Church, Lecrae opened up about childhood trauma and the pressures of success. He admitted to being molested at 7 years old by a family member and later being ...

Created on 28 August 2018

13. Shawn Bolz Asks 'Weird Pentecostals' to Stop Prophetically Calling Out Others ...

Shawn Bolz says the Pentecostal church and prophetic voices need to embrace a culture of love, not judgement. He says Jesus consistently modeled love and defied religious expectations and laws of his ...

Created on 27 August 2018

14. Pentecostal Pastor Bitten by Deadly Snake in Church Ritual, Screams 'God's a Healer'

Warning: Video contains images some readers may find disturbing. A newly released video shows a Pentecostal pastor being bitten by a deadly snake during a church ritual. Cody Coots—who pastors Full Gospel ...

Created on 27 August 2018

15. Pentecostal Pastor: God Gave Me a Prophetic Word, and Then I Went Viral

Pastor Michael Todd has gone from relatively unknown to a celebrity pastor in just months. Todd, who leads Transformation Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, says it all began when he received a word from God ...

Created on 20 August 2018

16. It's Time for Pentecostals to Take Back the Microphone ...

This is Part 2 in a two-part series. For Part 1, click here. For whatever reason, we often feel the simple mandate of the Great Commission isn't enough. So we go out looking for better methods. Seeking ...

Created on 02 August 2018

17. The Pentecostal Church Is Not Exempt From This Biblical Mandate

Before any business of the 77th International General Assembly got underway on Tuesday morning, Presiding Bishop Timothy Hill called for the privilege of addressing the General Council. The following represents ...

Created on 02 August 2018

18. Pentecostal Leader T. F. Tenney Dies

Pentecostal leader T.F. Tenney died on Friday, June 1. Tenney was a well-known United Pentecostal Church leader and the district bishop of Louisiana. "I don't have words to say what TFTenney has meant ...

Created on 01 June 2018

19. Why the Charismatic Church Needs to Wake Up and Deal With This Glaring Issue

"'Trees are important, because every tree has bark, and you know a dog by its bark, and dogs are man's best friend, and where would we be without friends, so trees are important.'" This was how logic worked ...

Created on 10 April 2018

20. So Many Charismatic Casualties

Have you been burned by a false prophecy? Did you lose your faith when a promised healing never came? Have you had it with flaky teaching in the name of "new revelation"? If so, you are not alone. There ...

Created on 09 April 2018