Pentecostalism

It’s easy to see the errors of health-and-wealth grifters. But a subtler addition to the gospel misleads many believers.

In the late actor’s hands, Christian conversion was not something to be lampooned or deconstructed but an object of wonder.

Craig Keener’s book Suffering reminds us from where true greatness comes.

We’re right to be wary of the perils of thin community, like loss of meaning and, attachment to screens. But thick communities have woes too.

Small Pentecostal churches across poor peripheral neighborhoods fuel Protestant growth nationwide.

How Jimmy Swaggart’s legacy of scandal shaped the evangelical landscape.

The spellbinding Pentecostal preacher became, for many, an example of what is wrong with Christianity.

Twenty-three percent of Americans don’t all look, vote, or pray the same.

The Brazilian founder of Bola de Neve Church, which attracted celebrities and catalyzed 500 congregations on six continents, faced accusations from family members and a former colleague.

The child of Spanish Civil War refugees brought together French people longing for healing in Christ.