Survey finds nondenominational churches have the least baggage in people’s minds. Most Americans are open to a variety of denominations of Christian churches, including many people of other faiths or ...

(RNS) — In Africa, river baptism is popular, particularly among the Pentecostal and charismatic churches. (RNS) — It’s a rite that dates to the time of Jesus, who was dunked in the River Jordan by ...

Up to 20,000 African-American Christians will gather today in Baltimore for three days of prayer, preaching and praise, all part of a decade-old movement that advocates a controversial fusion of the ...

A profile of Pentecostal Christianity, its history and increasing popularity, and Pentecostalist worshippers' customs of speaking in tongues, prayer cloths, healing by laying on of hands and rarely ...

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.Acts 2:4 THREE days before the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake, a different sort ...

(The Conversation) — Historically, Black Pentecostal-charismatic churches have not put an emphasis on political issues. That may be changing, a scholar of Black Christianity explains. Apart from ...

Five activists of the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) and the police tried to convince the faithful to file a false complaint against the pastor, on charges of forced conversions. The 11 rejected.

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A river baptism in South Africa in 1987. Many charismatic churches in Africa perform baptisms in rivers. (Credit: Larry Hills/Mennonite Church USA/Creative Commons.) Listen It’s a rite that dates to ...