Pentecostal
Eritrean gospel singer Helen Berhane was tortured for her beliefs. Now she’s speaking up.
By Rosie Scammell — December 29, 2015
ROME (RNS) Berhane spoke recently at a Rome conference on Christian persecution in the hopes others might learn of the grievous human rights violations in her native land.
Survey: Same-sex marriage, Pope Francis top religion stories of year
By Kimberly Winston — December 14, 2015
(RNS) The Religion Newswriters Association asked its members to rank the 10 top religion stories of 2015. Here's the list.
Bigotry? Hatred? Christians say they’re tired of being made into the bad guys
By Stephanie Wang — November 23, 2015
INDIANAPOLIS - “We’re the ones who need a special protected-class status, because we’re the ones that are being attacked by everybody,” says Rev. Ron Johnson Jr. of the Indiana Pastors Alliance.
Oldest US graduate seminary to close campus
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — November 13, 2015
(RNS) The 208-year-old school calls the move part of “a bold new direction” as it vies to stop running big deficits and struggles to find a financially sustainable model.
Denzel Washington preaches gratitude to church members at Pentecostal convention
By Jim Gallagher — November 9, 2015
ST. LOUIS -- “It is impossible to be grateful and hateful at the same time,” the pastor's son told hundreds of members of the Church of God in Christ. “We have to have an attitude of gratitude.”
Thousands of COGIC Pentecostals celebrate gifts of the spirit in St. Louis
By Jesse Bogan — November 7, 2015
ST. LOUIS — The Church of God in Christ, or COGIC, is the largest African-American Pentecostal denomination. For one week each year, members converge for Holy Convocation, in which their charismatic faith is on display.
Supreme Court agrees to consider religious objection to Obamacare
By Reuters — November 6, 2015
Justices will consider cases filed by Roman Catholic groups including the Little Sisters of the Poor, an order of nuns that runs care homes for the elderly, and other Christian denominations.
Supreme Court faces new challenges to Obamacare’s ‘contraceptive mandate’
By Richard Wolf — October 30, 2015
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is about to climb back into Americans' bedrooms.
Safe house in South Africa offers gays refuge, hope and ministry
By Brian Pellot — October 15, 2015
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (RNS) Inclusive and Affirming Ministries’ LGBTI safe house provides refuge for at-risk sexual minorities and a safe space to integrate “God’s gift of faith with God’s gift of sexuality.”
Vatican on Pope Francis and Kim Davis: Meeting no ‘support’ for her case
By Rosie Scammell — October 2, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican now says the pope's moment with the controversial Kentucky clerk was not a "real" meeting or "a form of support of her position."
Kim Davis’ indefensible position puts traditionalists on the spot (COMMENTARY)
By Jacob Lupfer — September 11, 2015
(RNS) Kentucky clerk Kim Davis has hindered the public debate about religious liberty for traditionalist believers at a time when it needs serious arguments, not circus-tent theatrics.
On rites and rights: I performed my first gay wedding (COMMENTARY)
By Terry Byrne — September 10, 2015
I’m not a Christian. But one of the grooms I married was raised Catholic, so I spent weeks thinking about how to weave God’s word into the ceremony.
The ‘Splainer: What’s an Apostolic Christian and why is Kim Davis’ hair so long?
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 9, 2015
(RNS) Apostolic Pentecostals are the strictest of all the Pentecostal groups. They don't believe in the Trinity, avoid alcohol, don’t watch TV, and ask women not to cut their hair. Oh, and they object to same-sex marriage.
Embattled Ky. county clerk delays return to work
By Mike Wynn — September 9, 2015
U.S. District Judge David Bunning warned Davis she would be sanctioned again if she violates the conditions of her release
Indiana pastor accused of battering kids in boarding school
By Matthew Glowicki — September 4, 2015
LOUISVILLE -- The alleged abuse occurred at Crossroads Baptist Church, led by Pastor Gerald Harris. It operates a boarding academy with dormitories and classrooms for mostly out of state students.
