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 ...

(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 ...

Calvin professor of philosophy James K.A. Smith has recently written two books focused on the subject of Pentecostalism: Thinking in Tongues: Pentecostal Contributions to Christian Theology and ...

If conservative columnist William Kristol is to be believed, Sarah Palin is surprised that her own campaign hasn’t made a bigger deal out of the controversial remarks of Barack Obama’s former pastor.

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 ...

Pentecostalism is a movement, not a particular denomination, and adherents do not ascribe to one shared set of beliefs. Thus, accurate numbers can be hard to come by. But according to national studies ...