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Speaking in Tongues

There is something that disturbs me about the Pentecostal denomination placing importance and emphasis on certain spiritual gifts. I am not arguing that spiritual gifts like speaking in tongues do not exist. But I can’t help but disapprove of making this gift as a seal to label a saved Christian. I disagree that having the […]

Popularity: 100% [?]

28Jun2008 | vdr | 1 comment | Continued
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Discipleship Ministries

Each and every church aims to unite its members and bring about effectiveness in the educational ministries of their denomination. The Pentecostal Church of God sees to it that they evaluate and organize a Discipleship Ministries program in each divisions and local churches.
With the purpose to preserve spiritual importance and provide excellent Bible-based curriculum, […]

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27Jun2008 | vdr | 0 comments | Continued
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Sex Offenders to be Banned on Church Work

In Atlanta Georgia, a law has recently been passed for ratification stipulating that those who are listed in the registry of sex offenders should not be allowed to volunteer their services in church activities. Moreover, the law will incriminate a sex offender if he or she will participate in administrative functions.
With this law, sex […]

Popularity: 75% [?]

18Jun2008 | vdr | 0 comments | Continued
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God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit as One

There are two major groups that stem from Pentecostalism; namely, Trinitarian Pentecostals and Oneness Pentecostals. Although both denominations acknowledge the God of the Bible as the one and only God in existence, Oneness belief differs from other conventional Christian congregations as it eliminates the traditional concept of the Trinity being an insufficient and incorrect description […]

Popularity: 90% [?]

16Jun2008 | vdr | 0 comments | Continued
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Church of God in Christ

Being the largest predominantly African-American Pentecostal denomination in the United States of America, the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) has experienced exceptional growth since it was founded in 1907 by Bishop Charles Harrison Mason who had severed ties with the Baptist church he had formerly belonged to.
Today, it has an estimated 8 million members […]

Popularity: 82% [?]

14Jun2008 | vdr | 0 comments | Continued
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Oneness Pentecostalism

The movement of Pentecostal Christianity with a belief in the atonement of Jesus Christ’s death, his resurrection, and return is known as the Oneness Pentecostalism. The faction’s teachings are based on the literal understanding of the biblical teachings regarding salvation. An emphasis on the teaching of Jesus Christ together with His twelve apostles is made […]

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11Jun2008 | vdr | 0 comments | Continued
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How to Receive Salvation?

How can I receive salvation? This has been the ultimate and greatest question of every believer in any walks of faith. The Pentecostals believe that one can be saved and allowed to enter Heaven if one accepts the teachings of Christ as explained in the Bible. It comprises the belief of the death and crucifixion […]

Popularity: 92% [?]

10Jun2008 | vdr | 1 comment | Continued
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Denzel Washington, a Proud Pentecostal

An award-winning actor and now a producer and director, Denzel Washington was born in 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York and raised the son of a Pentecostal minister father and a beautician mother. His late father was a preacher for the mainly black denomination known as the Church of God in Christ. As a matter […]

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9Jun2008 | vdr | 0 comments | Continued
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Reaching Out Around the World

The Pentecostal Church of God has been constantly reaching out all over the world – like an ever popular leather business card holder – through each department and ministry that relates to global evangelization.
More than 4,300 churches and ministry outstations have been instituted outside the United States. 56 different countries with over 513,000 constituents […]

Popularity: 67% [?]

5Jun2008 | vdr | 0 comments | Continued
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Reaching Out to the Indians

The Pentecostal Church of God ministry does not only present the Gospel to the people who have always been easy to reach out to but also to those who were deprived of hearing God’s Words. Today, the ministry has been growing rapidly; accommodating to more than 100 American Indian tribes across the United States.
Churches are […]

Popularity: 72% [?]

1Jun2008 | vdr | 0 comments | Continued
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