The crowd of 25,000 packing Rio’s Maracanazinho Stadium included favela dwellers and members of Brazil’s lower middle class, their swarthy faces reflecting their country’s racial mix. Decorously ...

(The Conversation) — Historically, Black Pentecostal-charismatic churches have not put an emphasis on political issues. That may be changing, a scholar of Black Christianity explains. Apart from ...

To most, speaking in tongues is an experience few and far between, but it was nothing unusual for the women’s prayer group pictured here. The phenomenon of talking in an unknown language, also known ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Topekan Lee Defendorf has taken on the role of unofficial historian of the former Stone’s Folly mansion in Topeka, where historians say the modern-day Pentecostal movement began ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Many Black leaders are swinging into action for the Harris-Walz campaign – and clergy are no exception. On Aug. 5, 2024, The Black Church PAC hosted a “Win With the Black Church” ...

Worshippers listen as President Joe Biden speaks at Mount Airy Church of God in Christ on July 7, 2024, in Philadelphia. Joe Lamberti for The Washington Post via Getty Images Many Black leaders are ...