Pentecostal churches devote a chunk of their services of "testimonies" -- dramatic renderings of miraculous divine interventions.
But the major Pentecostal denominations condemn snake handling, and Mr. Hamblin's risk-taking sometimes gets the best of him.
Pentecostal churches offer a ready-made community and a source of discipline in an urban society rife with temptations.
The most recent one is between Christ Church Pentecostal of Nashville and the Tennessee State Board of Equalization.
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Pastor Ed Kalnin, the senior pastor of Palin's former Pentecostal church, has also come under fire for his comments.
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There is already evidence that some are turning to fundamentalist and Pentecostal religions.
Her membership of a Pentecostal church also brought her support from evangelical Christians.
But Pentecostal churches have a genius for elevating charismatic sheep from the flock.
Poloma says faith in divine revelation, prophecy and an outpouring of the Holy Spirit are hallmarks of the Pentecostal faith.
However, their volunteers came from two different traditions Pentecostal, which tends to the conservative, and Episcopalian, which tends to the liberal.
Almost two-thirds of this reduction happened in the 1980s and 1990s, when Catholics were apparently drawn away to new Pentecostal churches.
Christ Church Pentecostal (CCP) is what is known as a megachurch.
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The dramaturgical connections resound all the more when you learn that Mr. Hnath regularly attended a Pentecostal mega-church while growing up in Orlando.
They said they hoped he would help bring Catholics who have turned to newer Pentecostal Churches back to the fold in Latin America.
He is the nephew of Edir Macedo, who runs the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, a large network of Pentecostal churches.
The signs of the great Latino influx can be seen in the proliferation of taco stands and the feverish conversion of abandoned shops into Pentecostal churches.
Young George learned to play guitar at his mother's Pentecostal church and listened to Lefty Frizzell, Hank Williams and the Grand Ole Opry on the radio.
They said he was asked about his father, about growing up the son of a Pentecostal preacher, and about criticism he has received for his faith.
Founded in 1962 by one of the largest Pentecostal denominations, the Royal Rangers have about 81, 000 youth members in about 4, 000 units, according to church headquarters.
Pastor Sam Adeyemi, another cleric and founder of the Daystar Christian center, a flourishing Pentecostal congregation which repeatedly preaches financial prosperity, is also a jet owner.
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Though the Pentecostal church made major inroads to Kenya only in the 1950s, many of its supporters, and other faithful in the continent, consider homosexuality a Western concept.
So have the generally conservative evangelical, Pentecostal and Mormon churches.
"This is an abomination that is totally unacceptable by God who formed us not to function in that way, " says Patrick Kuchio, a popular preacher at Parklands Pentecostal Church.
Susan Levy said she cautioned her daughter about the relationship, especially after their landscaper -- a Pentecostal minister -- told her that his daughter once had an affair with Condit.
Pastor Adefarasin is the founder and lead pastor of the House on the Rock Church, a thriving Pentecostal outfit that emphasizes financial prosperity almost as if it were a requisite for salvation.
These skills will be needed as he tries to stem the flow of Catholics from the pews both in an increasingly secular Europe and a Latin America where Pentecostal churches are thriving.
Pentecostals believe God routinely intervenes in human affairs and Palin sounded like a Pentecostal when she asked people at Wasilla Assembly of God to pray about building a gas pipeline through Alaska.
As much as possible, the cantatas were programmed according to their appointed place in the liturgical calendar, so that Christmas works were played at Christmastime, Pentecostal ones on Pentecost, and so forth.
If migrants are not satisfied by that, they have choices: what meets their eye as they leave mass is a smart new Pentecostal church, with worship in Portuguese as well as English.
Soon after the crusade, a committee was set up by the leadership of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) - the umbrella body of Pentecostal churches nationwide - to investigate the funding controversy.
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