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“Queering” the Pentecostals
(Photo Credit: The Pew Forum) By Julia Polese Mainline Protestants in liberal-led denominations are long used to advocacy of GLBT causes. But is this advocacy now even in generally conservative...
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Rev. Leah Daughtry Talks Sexuality and Intolerance at Wesley Theological
(Photo credit: New York Times) By Mikhail Bell (@Bellsworld) On February 19, former Democratic National Convention Committee CEO and ordained Pentecostal minister Reverend Leah Daughtry delivered one...
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Race, Sex and Liberation: Pentecostal Studies President Steers Society in New...
Society for Pentecostal Studies President Paul Alexander of Palmer Seminary. (Photo: Evangelicals for Social Action). By Jeff Walton (@JeffreyHWalton) (Note: this is the first in a series of articles...
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Christian Post Reports on Paul Alexander/Pentecostal Studies Controversy
Society for Pentecostal Studies 2012-13 President Paul Alexander is seen in this public Facebook photo speaking at the society’s annual conference held March 21-23, 2013, at Seattle Pacific University....
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Statement of Religious Leaders on Boy Scout Policy this Week
(Photo Credit: Fox News) The following letter was released earlier today and signed by IRD President Mark Tooley, which reads: We strongly support the Boy Scouts of America current prohibition on open...
View ArticleLargest U.S. Multi-Ethnic Pentecostal Denomination Reports Solid Growth
While many Protestant denominations, especially churches historically classified as Mainline, continue to shed followers, the overall picture with the Assemblies of God is a positive one, with steady...
View Article“Queering” the Pentecostals
By Julia Polese Mainline Protestants in liberal-led denominations are long used to advocacy of GLBT causes. But is this advocacy now even in generally conservative Pentecostalism? Seemingly so,...
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Sex Dispute Has Pentecostal Society Scrambling
The Society for Pentecostal Studies (SPS) is scrambling to make alternative arrangements after the host institution for its annual meeting withdrew just weeks before the gathering is to occur. Urshan...
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Thank God for the Charismatics
[Editor’s note: The original version of this blog post was published on Patheos.com. Click here to read it.] “This is why I’m a Baptist now,” I whispered to my husband. Mother’s Day Sunday at my...
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An Interview with Oral Roberts University President Billy Wilson: Discipling...
At the 2018 National Religious Broadcasters Convention, I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. William “Billy” Wilson, the president of Oral Roberts University (ORU) located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Billy...
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Controversial Former Pentecostal Minister Embraces Transgender Identity
A former Assemblies of God minister has announced his transition to a female identity. Paul Alexander previously served as president of the Society for Pentecostal Studies (SPS), an academic group...
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Texas Church Embraces LGBTQ, Exits Assemblies of God
A Texas church has made news as the first Assemblies of God (AoG) congregation to announce that it is “fully LGBTQ affirming without an asterisk.” Lead Pastor Dan Matlock of Eikon Church in Kyle, Texas...
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Paula White’s Controversies
As I’m a traditional Mainline Protestant, evangelist Paula White seems to me kind of crazy and probably semi-heretical. She gets lots of attention because she’s a prominent Trump supporter. But her...
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“Church, it’s gonna be worth it” says Pastor of LGBT-Affirming “Journey”
Biblical teaching on sexuality “is not a matter of salvation” according to a former Assemblies of God (AoG) pastor who led his congregation out of the 1.8 million member Pentecostal denomination in...
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St. Symeon the New Theologian and the Two Poles of the Church’s Life
He was called an “enthusiast,” and he was opposed by powerful members of the hierarchy of the Church, but he is not John Wesley. He taught that Christians may experience a “baptism of the Holy...
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LGBT-Affirming Former Assemblies of God Church Exits Campus Months Later
Less than a year after an Assemblies of God (AG) church embraced “full affirmation” of same-sex relationships and subsequently separated from the denomination, it has also separated from its church...
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Post-Denominational America
American denominationalism is fading. Non-denominationals are now the largest non-Catholic religious group in America. Nearly all denominations are declining. Liberal ones are declining faster than...
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Asbury Revival Spreads Among Gen Z ‘Hungry for It’
As public worship at Asbury University concludes following two weeks of unplanned, student-led worship, other colleges and universities report that the phenomenon has reached their campuses, including...
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Please, Sorry, Thanks
On May 31, The Institute on Religion and Democracy was pleased to host Mark Batterson, the pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC, who discussed his recently released book, Please,...
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Mere Methodism, Catholic Methodism: The Integration of Holiness and Love
The Mere Methodism Conference brought together world-class scholars and church leaders from across the Wesleyan world to explore the riches of our heritage, diving into the insights and contributions...
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