US Agriculture Department, Church of God in Christ make plans for funds to add trees to urban centres
United States RNS Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced a $US1 million grant to leaders of the Church of God in Christ as part of a national program to plant and maintain trees in American cities. Vilsack made the announcement on Tuesday at the predominantly Black Pentecostal denomination’s annual leadership conference in Atlanta. USDA Under […]
Lifestory: Ezekiel Guti, a revered Zimbabwean church leader who preached hard work and morals over miracles
JOSIAH TARU, who researches Pentecostal movements in Zimbabwe, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation, at the life of the influential Pentecostal leader…
Religious life: New book spotlights influence of Pentecostalism on California’s Mexican farmworkers
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on a new book – ‘Sowing the Sacred: Mexican Pentecostal Farmworkers in California’ – which recounts how ‘divine healing’ was seen as a pragmatic way to care for impoverished workers who lacked regular access to medical care…
The Explainer: What is Pentecostal Christianity?
In the first of a new column, LLOYD DANIEL BARBA, an assistant professor of religion at Amherst College in the US, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at what Pentecostalism is – and isn’t…
Christian leaders step up aid as people face multiple crises in Burkina Faso
Nairobi, Kenya Religious leaders in Burkina Faso have stepped up to assist millions of citizens who crises, including conflict and climate change, have impacted. The West African nation of more than 20 million people has experienced many challenges over the past decade. Early this year, the military overthrew the government, making it the fourth coup […]
“Welcoming the stranger”: UK churches step up to help as refugees begin to enter the UK
GILLIAN MCDADE-HASTINGS reports on how UK churches are responding to the refugee crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine…
Australia’s Alphacrucis College recognised as a ‘university college’, fulfilling “70-year vision”
Sydney, Australia Australia has gained its first Pentecostal higher education institution after Alphacrucis College was granted ‘University College’ status by the national tertiary accrediting body Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency. The decision by TEQSA in late January was described by Alphacrucis College President, Professor Stephen Fogarty, as “the fulfilment of a vision that began over […]
Lifestory: George O Wood, dead at 80, remembered as “door-opener” in leadership of Assemblies of God
ERICA RAMIREZ, in an article published on Religion News Service, looks at the life of longtime US Assemblies of God leader George O Wood, who died earlier this month at the age of 80…
In Brazil, evangelicals are (apparently) breaking up with Bolsonaro
São Paulo, Brazil Once a reliable part of President Jair Bolsonaro’s constituency, evangelical Christians in Brazil – especially Pentecostals and neo-Pentecostals – have been showing lately that they will not give him a blank cheque to do what he pleases, like staging a coup d’état. In fact, it seems to be quite the opposite. If, […]
Australian churches, Christian organisations launch campaign to resettle 20,000 Afghans
Sydney, Australia Mainstream Australian churches and Christian organisations have launched a campaign for the “just and compassionate commitment” to resettle 20,000 refugees fleeing from the Taliban in Afghanistan. In a significant sign of unity, the denominations and organisations have joined together in support of the ‘Christians United for Afghanistan‘ campaign, which is lobbying the Federal […]