Sentences with phrase «pentecostal denominations»

In time, career missionaries supported by Pentecostal denominations planted the revival's message in remote places around the globe.

Several Pentecostal denominations have instituted policies to handle cases of pastoral moral turpitude and financial misconduct, but they have found those policies hard to enforce.

The «Christian» colleges, in many cases nondenominational or affiliated with one of the smaller conservative or Pentecostal denominations, tend to be parachurch or sectarian in outlook and atmosphere.

There is also the rise of the Pentecostals, with three Pentecostal denominations now among the fifteen largest Protestant denominations.

The black / white divide has been highlighted by the fact that the fastest growing segment of the UK Church over the past few decades has been among Pentecostal denominations, driven by the rapid growth of new African and Caribbean churches.

In the study, Pentecostals included people in churches like the Assemblies of God and the Church of God in Christ that formed in the wake of the 1906 Azusa Street revival in Los Angeles, as well as later Pentecostal denominations such as the Brazil - founded Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.

Some groups are experiencing substantial growth, such as HTB's church - planting network and Pentecostal denominations such as the Redeemed Christian Church of God, which now boasts 800 churches throughout the UK.

One of America's largest Pentecostal denominations may be losing one of its defining characteristics — even as it continues to grow and diversify at an enviable rate.

When one considers that among five Pentecostal denominations in North America there are over 15,000 credentialed women ministers, almost half of whom are in the Assemblies of God, it seems clear that the issue will continue to be debated and discussed.

Charismatic churches generally don't belong to traditional Pentecostal denominations, although they espouse similar theology and practices.

Today, the term Charismatic is sometimes used more broadly to identify Christians who testify to the Pentecostal experience but are simply not part of one of the classical Pentecostal denominations.

Today, such Pentecostal denominations are key parts of the National Association of Evangelicals, working with other evangelicals for worldwide impact.

Basically for 7 years I was a Christian but the process of ordainment became revealing to me that there was much more going on in the Assemblies of God and the Pentecostal denominations that was very unnerving and insidious.

When a delegation from the United Presbyterian Church of the United States visited Brazil in 1977, we had the opportunity to have a long interview with the missionary Manoel de Mello, now deceased, who was the founder and president of the Brazil for Christ Church, one of the largest Pentecostal denominations in the country.

Since the majority of my family is affiliated with different Pentecostal denominations, I have followed closely the growth of the Pentecostal church in the United States, as well as in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Though Mariz recognizes a great diversity among Pentecostal denominations, and admits that some of the criticisms are valid, she thinks that even neo-Pentecostals and autonomous Pentecostal groups often provide the poor with experiences and values that help them confront their daily problems and survive in a hostile neo-capitalist environment.

The leaders of the revival charged that the Pentecostal denominations had sold out.

Other Pentecostal denominations followed the AG's lead shortly thereafter.

In the climate they have established, a number of indigenous denominations unrelated to Western mission agencies in origin (such as the Kimbanguists and other African independent churches, and a number of Pentecostal denominations in Latin America) have become a major force.

S. Palin's Three B Syndrome came from the RCC and the Assemblies of God church, the nation's largest Pentecostal denomination.

Today the same statement looks more like a prophecy of things to come: the Assemblies of God has been the fastest - growing denomination in the U.S. And although not the oldest Pentecostal denomination, the AG has taken the lead at every major crossroads the movement has faced and has been at the center of every controversy.

These architecturally appealing houses of worship as well as the more formal and subdued worship taking place within their walls, however, may indicate that with its prosperity the AG has lost some of its distinctiveness as a Pentecostal denomination.

In March the Assemblies of God, the largest Pentecostal denomination, responding in large part to the spread of Reconstructionism, denounced postmillennialism as heresy.

Growing up in a Pentecostal denomination and charismatic...

For the first half of the twentieth century, Pentecostal belief and practice remained separate from mainstream denominational religion forming its own denominations like the Assemblies of God (the largest Pentecostal denomination), The Church of God in Christ, and many others.

The church leaders were influenced by the United Pentecostal denomination.

He was ordained in the Church of God in Christ, a prominently African American Pentecostal denomination.

Yes I went to Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, which belongs to the Assembly of God pentecostal denomination.

I was raised in a tiny Pentecostal denomination, the Open Bible Standard Churches, founded in part by disillusioned followers of 1930s revivalist Aimee Semple McPherson.

In Palin's case, it is a blend of the RCC and the Assemblies of God church, the nation's largest Pentecostal denomination.

Getting my ordination from a Pentecostal denomination, you would think I was a pro concerning the Holy Spirit, since Pentecostals notoriously focus on the Holy Spirit in lieu of Chrisy himself.

Not exact matches

I am talking mainly of the Christian denominations I am familiar with, Baptist, Pentecostal, and many other Protestant brands.

They would move on to found such «Oneness» denominations as the United Pentecostal Church and the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World.

There a plenty of non-trinitarian Christian denominations like the Christadelphians, Christian Scientists, Dawn Bible Students, Friends General Conference, Iglesia ni Cristo, Members Church of God International, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, La Luz del Mundo, Living Church of God, Oneness Pentecostals, Unitarian Universalist Christians and the United Church of God... The very idea of the Trinity didn't become Christian dogma until some 300 years after Christ's death, and even then it was quite a debate at the Council of Nicea...

It took on more and more the characteristics of a denomination, strengthening its structures, sending forth missionaries, establishing Bible schools, and communicating with its constituents through the Pentecostal Evangel.

According to National Council of Churches statistics (which appear not to include Pentecostal churches), five of the top eight denominations in per capita giving are Holiness bodies.

These vary from the ritualized formality of the Roman and Orthodox Catholic Churches to the simplicity of some Protestant denominations, to the free form among some of the Pentecostal churches.

[In thousands (175,440 represents 175,440,000)--------- Total Christian --------- 173,402 Catholic --------- 57,199 Baptist --------- 36,148 Protestant - no denomination supplied --------- 5,187 Methodist / Wesleyan --------- 11,366 Lutheran --------- 8,674 Christian - no denomination supplied --------- 16,834 Presbyterian --------- 4,723 Pentecostal / Charismatic --------- 5,416 Episcopalian / Anglican --------- 2,405 Mormon / Latter - Day Saints --------- 3,158 Churches of Christ --------- 1,921 Jehovah's Witness --------- 1,914 Seventh - Day Adventist --------- 938 Assemblies of God --------- 810 Holiness / Holy --------- 352 Congregational / United Church of Christ --------- 736 Church of the Nazarene --------- 358 Church of God --------- 663 Orthodox (Eastern)--------- 824 Evangelical / Born Again \ 2 --------- 2,154 Mennonite --------- 438 Christian Science --------- 339 Church of the Brethren --------- 231 Nondenominational \ 2 --------- 8,032 Disciples of Christ --------- 263 Reformed / Dutch Reform --------- 206 Apostolic / New Apostolic --------- 970 Quaker --------- 130 Full Gospel --------- 67 Christian Reform --------- 381 Foursquare Gospel --------- 116 Fundamentalist \ 2 --------- 69 Salvation Army --------- 70 Independent Christian Church --------- 86 --------- Total other religions --------- 8,796 Jewish --------- 2,680 Muslim --------- 1,349 Buddhist --------- 1,189 Unitarian / Universalist --------- 586 Hindu --------- 582 Native American --------- 186 Scientologist --------- 25 Baha'I --------- 49 Taoist --------- 56 New Age --------- 15 Eckankar --------- 30 Rastafarian --------- 56 Sikh --------- 78 Wiccan --------- 342 Deity --------- 32 Druid --------- 29 Santeria --------- 3 Pagan --------- 340 Spiritualist --------- 426 Other unclassified --------- 735 --------- No religion specified, total --------- 34,169 Atheist --------- 1,621 Agnostic --------- 1,985 Humanist --------- 90 Secular --------- 34 Ethical Culture --------- 11 No religion --------- 30,427 --------- Refused to reply to question --------- 11,815

If Pentecostal groups, independent churches and charismatic movements continue to gain converts, the traditional denominations may lean even further in that direction.

In Iraq, we had one Protestant service, which meant that there were Pentecostal's, Baptist's, Methodists, and other Protestant denominations.

And it is perhaps not a coincidence that many clergy in the fastest - growing denominations today — those in the Pentecostal tradition, for example — follow the same model, supplementing their ministries through other work.

Pentecostals, being rooted or influenced from a Wesleyan / Holiness background, also tend to reject the doctrine of eternal security, a doctrine central to many Mainline and Evangelical denominations.

Most denominations connected to the Wesleyan Holiness movement ordain women, as do many Pentecostal groups.

From Sara: Many experiences I have had with members of Pentecostal churches and their leadership believe and teach that the Catholic church (and other liturgical Protestant denominations) are not Christian churches.

In the 1960s and 1970s, many mainline Protestant denominations discovered the «Second Wave» Pentecostal movement, with its emphasis on personal interaction with God.

Biblical traditionalism and literalism are even more marked in the independent churches and in denominations rooted in the Pentecostal tradition, and similar currents are also found among Roman Catholics.

Even within a Lutheran denomination like the Missouri Synod one could find Martin E. Marty leading the charge in the Christian Century while the works of Walter A. Maier (d. 1950), the one time The Lutheran Hour radio preacher and Concordia Seminary professor were being advertised in Pentecostal publications and quoted in Christianity Today.

But the church's pastor emphasizes the importance of being Christian and downplays the importance of being Pentecostal, neo-Pentecostal, Protestant or a member of any denomination.

About one - third are «Pentecostal»; these denominations have become better known since the rise of the «charismatic movement.»

What I do know is, of the denominations that are listed as «Pentecostal», the Assemblies of God is the largest denomination with 65 million.