Assemblies of God
Evangelicals boost clinics to help immigrants navigate legal headaches
By Adelle M. Banks — October 23, 2014
(RNS) As President Obama considers executive action that could change immigration policy, alliance leaders hope to increase the number of clinics they have provided at churches from the current 29 to 1,000 by 2017.
Jeremy Messersmith wears his atheist heart on his sleeve
By Chris Stedman — October 20, 2014
Atheist musician Jeremy Messersmith tells RNS how his experiences as a former Christian inspired his most recent album, what he believes now, and why relating to his religious family can feel like going to a Renaissance Festival.
Assemblies of God turns 100, and looks to a multiethnic future
By Adelle M. Banks — August 6, 2014
(RNS) The U.S. denomination alone is a United Nations of some 3.1 million faithful -- with a membership that is 41 percent nonwhite, up from 31 percent a decade ago.
More U.S. Latinos shift and drift outside the Catholic Church
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — May 7, 2014
(RNS) Choice and change reshape Hispanics' view of Catholicism, Protestant faiths and no faith at all.
Pentecostal groups agree to bridge a century-old racial divide
By Adelle M. Banks — February 19, 2014
(RNS) In 1917, a missionary couple were told they couldn't receive support to travel to Liberia with the fledgling Assemblies of God because they were “colored.”
Prosperity gospel televangelist Paul Crouch dead at 79
By Adelle M. Banks — December 1, 2013
(RNS) Paul Crouch, the religious broadcaster who co-founded Trinity Broadcasting Network and was known for his prosperity gospel messages and lavish lifestyle, died Saturday (Nov. 30). He was 79.
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.
Assemblies of God defies denominational decline
By Mark I. Pinsky — August 9, 2013
(RNS) At its General Council meeting this week, the Assemblies of God touted its formula for defying the seemingly irreversible decline of other religious groups: contemporary music, arts and high-tech quality communication, outreach to young people, immigrants and ethnic minorities.
Will there be a ‘mass exodus’ of religious groups from the Scouts?
By Adelle M. Banks — May 24, 2013
(RNS) Now that Boy Scout delegates have taken their long-awaited vote and permitted openly gay Scouts, will there be a mass exodus by religious groups? It depends on who you ask.
SIDEBAR: Evangelical alternatives to the Boy Scouts
By Adelle M. Banks — May 13, 2013
(RNS) They have pledges. They have merit badges. And they may go camping. But they’re not the Boy Scouts.
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