faith healing
African faith leaders combat misleading theologies that promise cures for COVID-19
By Fredrick Nzwili — December 6, 2021
(RNS) — A series of symposiums aims to educate clergy and unify their churches against faith healing and other practices.
South African pastor’s resurrection stunt draws mockery and memes
By Fredrick Nzwili — March 5, 2019
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — A viral video of a man purportedly being raised from the dead has punctured the credibility of Africa's increasingly influential Pentecostal churches.
John of God’s sexual assault arrest tarnishes Brazil’s spiritist movement
By Eduardo Campos Lima — January 30, 2019
SAO PAOLO, Brazil (RNS) — More than 600 women — varying in age from 8 to 67 — have accused the medium of sexual assault, adding a distressing chapter to the long history of spiritist mediums in Brazil.
Televangelist Morris Cerullo plans Christian theme resort for San Diego
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 25, 2016
(RNS) But can it rival the San Diego Zoo? Christian theme complexes have trouble attracting more than a niche evangelical market.
Pennsylvania parents sentenced in second faith-healing death
By Amanda Murphy — February 19, 2014
(RNS) Herbert and Catherine Schaible were already on a 10-year probation for the 2009 death of their 2-year-old son, Kent, when their second son Brandon died last year.
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