charismatic
There’s a reason every hit worship song sounds the same
By Bob Smietana — April 11, 2023
(RNS) — A new study found that the most popular worship songs come from a handful of megachurches with a knack for writing pop songs about what God will do for you.
Roberto Miranda, pastor of Lion of Judah, prominent Boston church, has died
By Bob Smietana — May 22, 2022
(RNS) — A Harvard-educated pastor who grew a small congregation into one of the most influential evangelical congregations in Boston has died.
Charismatic TikTok divided over praying in tongues
By Renée Roden — August 3, 2021
(RNS) — ‘I think words are not the greatest at describing the sensation. It’s being filled, it’s being baptized. It’s a little mysterious,' said one TikToker.
Popular Nigerian televangelist T.B. Joshua dies at 57
By Sam Olukoya — June 7, 2021
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Joshua was noted for making predictions and for his claims to cure various ailments and to make people prosper through miracles.
President Trump’s hidden religious base: Pentecostal-charismatic celebrities
By Erica Ramirez and Leah Payne — August 27, 2020
Pentecostal and charismatic celebrities like Kari Jobe and Rodney Howard-Browne may not be household names. But their movement is a key part of Donald Trump's base.
How a Christian movement is growing rapidly in the midst of religious decline
By Brad Christerson — March 18, 2017
(The Conversation) INC Christianity is the fastest-growing Christian group in America and possibly around the world. So what is it?
Charismatic movement gains as Church of England sputters
By Trevor Grundy — March 29, 2016
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Hundreds of Pentecostal and charismatic churches draw young, black, Asian and mixed-race Brits.
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.
Australia’s Hillsong Church exports its influence through praise and preaching
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 4, 2013
SYDNEY (RNS) Perhaps most remarkable is that a globally influential church like Hillsong could flourish at all in Australia, where in 2011 nearly a third of Australians said their religious affiliation was either ‘no religion’ or not stated.
John MacArthur vs. Mark Driscoll: Megachurch pastors clash over charismatic theology
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 18, 2013
Megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll claims that his books were confiscated at the Strange Fire conference put on by another megachurch John MacArthur.
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