Pentecostalism is spreading rapidly throughout the world, especially to the Global South. Here is our coverage of the movement's history, beliefs, practices, and possible future.

Teaching a Calvinist to Dance
In Pentecostal worship, my Reformed theology finds its groove.
by James K. A. Smith | (May 16, 2008)

Robert Walker: Beyond Paper and Ink
Plus: Mark Fackler remembers Walker.
(March 17, 2008)

Poll Says Many Pentecostals Don't Speak in Tongues
Divine healing more prominent marker, 10-country survey finds.
(October 6, 2006)

Grading the Movement
Three leaders talk frankly about Pentecostalism: the good, the bad, and the unpredictable.
(Mar. 31, 2006)

Pentecostals: The Sequel
What will it take for this world phenomenon to stay vibrant for another 100 years?
(Mar. 24, 2006)

The Pentecostal Gold Standard
After 50 years in ministry, Jack Hayford continues to confound stereotypes—all to the good.
(July 1, 2005)

Are Pentecostals Sex-Crazed?
John Steinbeck and Robert Duvall have portrayed them that way, and such criticism even came from inside the movement. But was it ever warranted?
(Sept. 11, 2001)

To the Pentecostal & Charismatic Churches by Todd Hunter
To the Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches of North America:
October 25, 1999)

Stopping Cultural Drift
An Asian Pentecostal argues that we need to know what the church is before we figure out what the church does.
(November 16, 2006)

Our Anti-Intellectual Heritage
The history and beliefs of the Pentecostal movement, often shared by evangelicals, hold the seeds of a bias against the life of the mind. An excerpt from Full Gospel, Fractured Minds?
by Rick M. Nañez
(Mar. 30, 2006)

God's Peculiar People
Historian Grant Wacker explains why Pentecostals survived and even flourished.
(March 18, 2002)

Explaining the Ineffable
In Heaven Below, a former Pentecostal argues that his ancestors were neither as outlandish as they seemed nor as otherworldly as they wish to seem.
(Aug. 31, 2001)

Oversight Overstep
The government should not ask whether churches break God's laws.
A Christianity Today editorial | January 2, 2008

Gospel Riches
Africa's rapid embrace of prosperity Pentecostalism provokes concern—and hope.
Isaac Phiri and Joe Maxwell | July 6, 2007

First Church of Prosperidad
Arlene Sanchez Walsh on the African-style prosperity gospel right in our backyards—in immigrant Latino churches.
Interview by Madison Trammel | July 6, 2007

What Really Unites Pentecostals?
It's not speaking in tongues. It may be the prosperity gospel.
Ted Olsen | December, 5 2006

Pentecostal Connections
Full Gospel's forbidden fruit.
(April 1, 2006)

Full Gospel's Fractured Thinking
The problems with shunning the life of the mind.
(Mar. 30, 2006)

Good Question: Should We All Speak in Tongues?
Some say speaking in tongues is proof of 'baptism in the Holy Spirit.' Are those who haven't spoken in tongues without the Holy Spirit?—Renea Chastain, Phoenix, Arizona
(March 6, 2000)

Good Question: 'Jesus Only' Isn't Enough
Where exactly do Oneness Pentecostals stand in relation to orthodoxy? Are they in or out?
(April 1, 2002)

Africa's Azusa Street
East Africa has experienced Pentecost continually for nearly 80 years.
(Mar. 28, 2006)

Promoting and Uniting European Evangelicals
Swimming against the current makes the European Evangelical Alliance's liaison to the E.U. feel alive.
(June 2005)

Confronting Caesar
Nigerian megachurch pastor in Ukraine takes a stand for freedom.
(December 1, 2004)

Outrageous Vision
A conversation with Donald Miller about global Pentecostalism
(November 1, 2002)

Haunted by Totalitarianism
Communism no longer menaces Bulgarian churches—in theory.
(Oct. 22, 2001)

Brazil's Surging Spirituality
Churches of all stripes have been growing for decades, as have the controversies and challenges facing evangelicals.
(December 4, 2000)

Ecuador: Word and Spirit Together
For the first time, Pentecostal leaders are invited to a key Latino Protestant Congress.
(October 23, 2000)

Uganda: Under Suspicion
Following cultic deaths of 900, independent Christian groups in Uganda come under a cloud of mistrust and fear.
(May 22, 2000)

Archbishop Caught in War of Words with Zambian Government
Pentecostal leader says government 'ineffective,' selfish.
(February 1, 2000)

World Growth at 19 Million a Year
(November 16, 1998)

It's a Small Church After All
Globalization is changing how Christians do ministry.
(November 16, 1998)

Stepping to Success
One reason Without Walls is one of the country's fastest-growing Pentecostal congregations.
(Mar. 27, 2006)

Church of God in Christ: COGIC Presiding Bishop Ousted
Alleged abuse of power leads to historic vote for Church of God in Christ
(January 8, 2001)

T.D. Jakes Feels Your Pain
Though critics question his theology, this fiery preacher packs arenas with a message of emotional healing.
(February 7, 2000)

Pentecostals: Youth Leaders Launch Racial Reconciliation Network
Youth Are Key in Moving Past 'Feel Good' Reconciliation
(November 11, 1996)

NEWS: Pentecostals Renounce Racism
Memphis gathering begins mending historic rift.
(December 12, 1994)

Embrace Your Inner Pentecostal
"Holy Spirit religion" is quietly infiltrating the church, revitalizing us all.
By Chris Armstrong
(Sept. 19, 2006)

A Wind that Swirls Everywhere
Pentecostal scholar Amos Yong thinks he sees the Holy Spirit working in other religions, too.
(Mar. 29, 2006)

Hand-Clapping in a Gothic Nave
What Pentecostals and mainliners can learn from each other.
(March 11, 2005)

Pope Urges New Effort To Curb 'Sects' in Latin America
"Pontiff alludes to Protestants as serious problem, calls for resolute pastoral action in reevangelization."
(April 1, 2001)

A Peacemaker in Provo
How one Pentecostal pastor taught his Congregation to love Mormons.
(February 7, 2000)

Dialogue: Conversation or Competition?
Pentecostals, Roman Catholics in long-standing talks to resolve conflicts, discover some commonalities.
(September 7, 1998)

The Roots of Pentecostal Scandal—Romanticism Gone to Seed
The sexual stumblings of prominent ministers point to a hidden flaw in Pentecostal spirituality.
(Sept. 17, 2004)

Romanticism Gone to Seed—Part II
Have the holiness and Pentecostal movements really been "hyper-vertical" and "anti-domestic"?
(Oct. 01, 2004)

Do Non-Charismatics 'Do' Holy Spirit Baptism?
Ask D. L. Moody, Charles G. Finney, Jonathan Edwards, or Cotton Mather
(September 1, 2002)

Christian History & Biography devoted an issue to The Rise of Pentecostalism. Also from Christian History & Biography:

Pentecostalism: William Seymour
What scoffers viewed as a weird babble of tongues became a world phenomenon after his Los Angeles revival.
(Christian History & Biography, January 1, 2000)

Pentecostal Millennialism: The Second Comers
At first, the gift of tongues meant one thing: Jesus was returning soon.
(Christian History & Biography, January 1, 1999)

Releasing the Spirit: the Pentecostals
(Christian History & Biography, January 1, 1986)

Whither Pentecostal Scholarship?
The overlap between "people with the Spirit" and "people with Ph.D.'s."
(Books & Culture, May/June 2004)

El Espiritu Santo
Exploring Latino Pentecostalism.
(Books & Culture, May/June 2004)

A Global Pentecost
The fastest-growing religious group?
(Books & Culture, March/April 2002)

All Shook Up
The inner world of early Pentecostals
(Books & Culture , Jan/Feb 2002)

How to Count the Spirit-filled
(Books & Culture, July/Aug 1996)

The People's Church
The global evangelical upsurge and its political consequences.
(Books & Culture , Jan/Feb, 2000)