The Pentecostal Holiness and other “plain” Christian sects did not think it was appropriate. Lou had no patience with them. She would no more have walked into North Main Baptist Church without make up than she would have shown up in her bathrobe. I’ll always remember being in line for...
When I was a young teenager, my dad was transferred for work. I lived in the southeast for my entire life, so [it was a] pretty big culture shock for us, going from a small, very tight-knit Pentecostal church environment in Atlanta, Georgia, and showing up to the west. As a ...
My own intuitive reaction was more equivocal. As the child of former fundamentalists and a one-time Pentecostal believer, I’ve had regular discussions with my wife about how we should approach religion with our daughter, who is now nearly four years...
These included the Catholics, Anglicans and Lutheran churches, the Apostolic Church of Pentecost, the Elim Pentecostal Church, the Pentecostal Assemblies of God, the United Apostolic Faith Church and the Zimbabwe Assemblies of God (ZAOGA), to name a few. It aimed to bring together as many ...