(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 ...

Pentecostal televangelist Paula White, center, prays before giving a sermon in Maryland in 2017. Mary F. Calvert For The Washington Post via Getty Images In the wake of every election, political ...

Glossolalia, or the speaking in tongues, has become the church’s real battle of the generations. Some young pastors say that while they recognize the foundational importance of speaking in tongues to ...

“Holy Spirit religion” is quietly infiltrating the church, revitalizing us all. I recently attended a Midwestern Baptist church in which the pastor directed his congregation to pray with hands ...

“We never want to go over the heads of the people,” says Jesus Perez, pastor of Puerto Rico’s largest Pentecostal Church. “We want to go directly to their hearts.” Never swerving from this philosophy, ...

It’s no longer just about raising a hand to God. It’s also about reaching out a hand to the needy. To get into the minds of today's Pentecostals, visit a classroom of ministers in training, ...

Worshippers listen as President Joe Biden speaks at Mount Airy Church of God in Christ on July 7, 2024, in Philadelphia. Joe Lamberti for The Washington Post via Getty Images Many Black leaders are ...