Pentecostal
With Ky. clerk in jail, gay couple receives marriage license
By Mike Wynn — September 4, 2015
MOREHEAD, Ky. — William Smith and James Yates obtained a license from Deputy Clerk Brian Mason on Friday morning. As they exited the courthouse, they were greeted by supporters chanting "love has won."
Judge: Ky. clerk must issue marriage licenses for gay couples
By Mike Wynn — August 13, 2015
LOUISVILLE -- Although a federal judge ruled Wednesday that a county clerk's religious convictions had no bearing on her 'purely legal' task, a same sex couple said the clerk's office still denied them a license on Thursday.
Report: Fire at black church in S.C. was not arson, feds say
By Rick Jervis — July 1, 2015
Fires at several predominantly black churches in Southern states the past two weeks — at least three attributed to arson — raise concerns about potential fallout from the recent South Carolina church shooting.
Slain S.C. pastor Clementa Pinckney was ‘a giant, a legend’
By Matthew Diebel — June 18, 2015
Slain Rev. Clementa Pinckney, 41, of South Carolina was "a moral compass," said one colleague.
Southern Baptists to open their ranks to missionaries who speak in tongues
By Greg Horton — May 14, 2015
(RNS) Allowing Southern Baptist missionaries to speak in tongues, or have what some SBC leaders call a “private prayer language,” speaks to the growing strength of Pentecostal churches in Africa, Asia and South America, where Southern Baptists are competing for converts.
A ‘Christian’ Tinder: Do Christians want or need it? (COMMENTARY)
By Laura Turner — April 27, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO (RNS) What I know of Christian culture -- the kind of evangelical subculture that would spawn something like this, at least -- would be pretty well set against the idea of a Christian Tinder.
Faith leaders call for religious protections ahead of gay marriage hearing
By David Gibson — April 24, 2015
(RNS) Christian leaders have issued a call to civil authorities to preserve “the unique meaning of marriage in the law” -- but also to “protect the rights of those with differing views of marriage.”
Black lesbian bishop Yvette Flunder is ‘using my energy to find peace’
By Adelle M. Banks — March 20, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) While strangers paint her as a one-issue woman, Bishop Yvette Flunder has been hailed by those who know her as a leader with a “radically inclusive” agenda of compassion, aimed at getting everyone -- gay, straight, black, white, immigrant and native -- at the table.
With Presbyterians in the yes column, mainline Protestants solidify gay marriage support
By Lauren Markoe — March 18, 2015
(RNS) Now that the largest group of Presbyterians has approved same-sex marriage, attention turns to the Methodists, the largest mainline denomination in the U.S. that still prohibits it.
3 ways relics and artifacts can help us ‘find Jesus’
By David Gibson — February 26, 2015
(RNS) Despite the overblown claims and dodgy artifacts floating around out there, genuine artifacts and solid historical research still provide the best window into a long-ago world and the best chance to figure out who Jesus really was, and what he meant.
The ‘Splainer: Ash Wednesday and Christian foreheads
By Kimberly Winston — February 10, 2015
(RNS) Lent isn't in the Bible, and neither is Ash Wednesday. So where did they come from? Let us 'splain ...
Minister Myles Munroe killed in Bahamas plane crash
By Doug Stanglin — November 10, 2014
(RNS) Former U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young was scheduled to be on the ill-fated flight, but, according to a spokesperson, felt "guided by the spirit" not to get on board.
Hillsong founder denies covering up father’s sex abuse
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 10, 2014
(RNS) Brian Houston took the witness stand to answer questions on his handling of child sex abuse allegations against his late father.
State Department report: Religious persecution makes migrants out of millions
By Brian Pellot — July 28, 2014
(RNS) Millions of religious and non-religious people were displaced last year according to the State Department’s latest religious freedom report, which for the first time cites Turkmenistan for escalating religious freedom violations.
Pope Francis apologizes for persecution of Pentecostals
By Josephine McKenna — July 28, 2014
CASERTA, Italy (RNS) “I am the shepherd of the Catholics and I ask you to forgive my Catholic brothers and sisters who did not understand and were tempted by the devil," Pope Francis told an Italian Pentecostal pastor.
