charismatic Christianity
Trump prophet Jeremiah Johnson ends ministry, saying, ‘we need to humble ourselves’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 8, 2021
(RNS) — Johnson is ending his current ministry but will pursue end-times ministry.
Mental illness is hurting Black faith communities. Prayer shouldn’t be our only defense.
By Kenneth C. Ulmer — August 4, 2020
(RNS) — African Americans are more likely to go to the altar than go to a therapist. We need to acknowledge that professional help, when combined with prayer and with the comfort of a community of believers, is a gift from God.
Church that prayed to resurrect girl from the dead is moving on with memorial service
By Alejandra Molina — December 23, 2019
(RNS) — Bethel Church announced Friday (Dec. 20) that the two-year-old child it prayed to resurrect from the dead, "hasn't been raised."
Prosperity gospel’s false promises aren’t always about money
By Alan Cross — September 10, 2019
(RNS) — There are many subtler prosperity gospels that hold out the promise of victory, success, actualization, a sense of 'arrival' and the good life. They are all equally dangerous.
New film highlights belief that Trump’s election was God’s plan
By Steve Rabey — September 26, 2018
(RNS) — The film is part of a small but influential 'Trump prophecy' movement that proclaims the current administration is divinely ordained and condemns its critics as servants of Satan.
In Brazil, religious gang leaders say they’re waging a holy war
By Robert Muggah — November 3, 2017
(THE CONVERSATION) — The expression 'evangelical drug trafficker' may sound incongruous, but in Rio de Janeiro, it’s an increasingly familiar phenomenon.
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