It quotes the lesbian co-pastor of a United Methodist Church in Atlanta, near my church, named Anjie Woodworth, as saying, “This change in our church law is so huge because it means folks can choose to show up as who they really are and still choose to serve God.”[i] Reading that...
Like many teenagers, I was awkward with a touch of moroseness; understanding why people acted the way they worked helped me make sense of the world, and it still does (here’s a very brief online temperament test that tends to be scary accurate). Pastors are not monolithic. This diversit...
In Renewing Church and university: The twenty-seventh annual Reformation Day at Emory, ed. M. Patrick Graham, 7–18. Atlanta: Pitts Theology Library. Google Scholar Yong, Amos. 2010. In the days of Caesar: Pentecostalism and political theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. Google Scholar Z...
The three denominations are the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), The Gospel Faith Mission International (GOFAMINT) and The Mountain of Fire and Miracles (MFM). The sample size for this study consisted of three denominations out of which nine churches were selected in Atlanta, and the ...
TheRedemption Campof The Redeemed Christian Church of God in Nigeria used to be an offsite gathering spot for revivals, buthas grown into a city of its own, with 5,000 private homes, its own electric power plant and an amusement park. ...
At one level Poloma and Hood's book is a straightforward ethnographic study of "Blood and Fire," an Atlanta-based charismatic ministry affiliated with the emerging-church movement. At another level it struggles toward an empirical, scientific assessment of the Great Commandment "to love God and ...
Christianity in the way we live, minister, and lead. Our passion and love for the Creator is demonstrated through a loving, but honest approach to the sins of this world. So, in the midst of the extremes of a guard dog culture, God demands the church look to the timeless words of ...
It quotes the lesbian co-pastor of a United Methodist Church in Atlanta, near my church, named Anjie Woodworth, as saying, “This change in our church law is so huge because it means folks can choose to show up as who they really are and still choose to serve God.”[i] Reading that...