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, ...

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8, NRSV). Pentecostals’ ...

The new Calvary Convention Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was filled nearly to capacity as 3,710 Pentecostals gathered from 73 countries around the world. They came to this mostly Muslim country ...

The conventional narrative about Australian Christianity is that Pentecostal churches – most famously, Hillsong – are bucking the trend of declining attendance at the big denominations (such as ...

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 ...

Resurrection season is almost upon us, and with it comes the return of one of Central Arkansas’s most ridiculous religious spectacles: the First Pentecostal Church of North Little Rock’s “I AM” Easter ...

After 50 years in ministry, Jack Hayford continues to confound stereotypes—all to the good. In 1969, 35-year-old Jack Hayford pulled up to a traffic light in front of First Baptist Church of Van Nuys.

Butler: In 1907 [McPherson] saw worship that she'd never seen before. She saw [Pentecostals] speaking in these strange gurgly tones that she wouldn't have understood. She saw people jumping up and ...

In the wake of every election, political analysts pore over polls for clues about how conservative Christians voted, especially evangelicals – and the 2022 midterms are no exception. But these ...