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 ...

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 ...

Baptism in (or of) the Holy Spirit, in-filling of the Holy Spirit The primary experience in the pentecostal and charismatic movements, in which the believer receives spiritual gifts and empowerment, ...

Todd Johnson, co-director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, couldn’t quite place the Chinese Christians he met at a conference in South Africa.

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 ...

His church was destroyed Saturday, but Steve Blaylock is still hopeful.A tornado demolished the First Pentecostal Church of Columbus in Mississippi, where Blaylock is the pastor. The roof was blown ...

Five Christians are set to brave the cold in Yeovil town centre on Easter Saturday for an open air baptism. Hundreds of church-goers and shoppers are expected to watch the group from Elim Pentecostal ...

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 ...