Pentecostalism
New book spotlights influence of Pentecostalism on California’s Mexican farmworkers
By Alejandra Molina — January 20, 2023
(RNS) — 'Sowing the Sacred: Mexican Pentecostal Farmworkers in California' recounts how 'divine healing' was seen as a pragmatic way to care for impoverished workers who lacked regular access to medical care.
DMX was my John the Forerunner
By T.C. Moore — April 14, 2021
(RNS) — DMX pointed me to Jesus not through a sermon or a Bible study, but through his bold faith that didn’t paper over his flaws.
Sean Feucht protest worries Los Angeles homeless advocates
By Alejandra Molina — November 27, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Feucht has not been reached for comment, but city officials told Religion News Service on Wednesday (Nov. 25) that no permits had been issued to secure the event.
‘High-Church Pentecostal’ leader J. Delano Ellis dies at 75
By Adelle M. Banks — September 21, 2020
(RNS) — ‘Traditionally,’ Ellis said in 1995, ‘the Pentecostal church maintained its ardor but was never really known for its order.’
Liturgy-hungry young Christians trade altar calls for Communion rails
By Kathryn Post — June 18, 2020
(RNS) — ‘Low’ or ‘free’ church Christians, raised on contemporary worship services with praise bands and dim lights, are seeking out ‘high church’ traditions replete with sacramental rituals and ancient liturgy.
Paula White and the mainstreaming of American Pentecostalism
By Daniel G. Hummel — November 8, 2019
(Sightings) — Paula White is a new breed of Christian-right leader who is defined far less by theology than by ideology.
In remote parts of Uganda, a fight to stop preachers from discouraging medical care
By Doreen Ajiambo — November 28, 2018
KATAKWI, Uganda (RNS) — Earlier this month, a 27-year-old Pentecostal pastor was arrested after interceding to stop the medical care of a severely ill 9-year-old girl.
Freak show or spiritual test? Book explores world of snake handlers
By Kimberly Winston — January 26, 2018
(RNS) — Author Julia Duin focuses on a new breed of snake-handling preachers — young and adept at using social media to attract attention.
The 50th anniversary of the greatest religious movement few have heard of
By R. Andrew Chesnut — February 20, 2017
(RNS) The Catholic Charismatic Renewal ranks second only to Protestant Pentecostalism among significant new Christian movements to emerge over the past century.
Australia’s Hillsong Church exports its influence through praise and preaching
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 4, 2013
SYDNEY (RNS) Perhaps most remarkable is that a globally influential church like Hillsong could flourish at all in Australia, where in 2011 nearly a third of Australians said their religious affiliation was either ‘no religion’ or not stated.
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