#pentecostal church

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Worshippers at the Pentecostal Faith Church of All Nations in Harlem participate in one of their weekly baptism ceremonies, 1934.

Photo: Bettmann Archive via the NY Times

#New York #NYC #vintage NY #1930s #Harlem #baptism #vintage Harlem #church #Pentecostal church #adult baptism

[neice1176]

Happy Wednesday, it's time for Bible Study 📖 I hope your week is going good. Please pray for me and the kids struggling to get everything we need done before my surgery and trailer repairs before snow. 💜✝️🛐🤲🕊

I pray you all have a blessed week and weekend 🙏 🫂

#pentecostal church #church service #christian #church #jimmy swaggart ministries #family worship center #prayer request #bible study #God bless you #Jesus loves you

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

The reality is that the Pentecostal / Charismatic / Third Wave, with all its emphasis on signs and wonders, has produced nothing verifiable that qualifies in the New Testament sense as an authentic sign of wonder.

John MacArthur

#charismatics #Pentecostal church #third wave #signs and wonders #empty #unverified #miracles #New Testament #John MacArthur #Christian Quotes

[thatonebasicfan]

Apparently a when pastor at my church was a kid and his family went to a Pentecostal church, for halloween, the church would play people screaming from Hell to tell the congregation to not celebrate Halloween

#it was even more funny because the screams from Hell were all in English #and the pastor is a native Spanish speaker #so as a little kid he was confused #church #pentecostal churches are weird #pentecostal church

[spokanefavs]

"Talk about getting your paradigm rocked. I began spending 40 hours a week interviewing, observing and worshipping among groups I’d hardly known existed.

Looking back, I find I’ve learned something about God and his purposes from nearly every faith tradition I’ve encountered."

#Religion Unplugged #faith #religion #God #Southern Baptist #pentecostal church

[theexodvs]

“Cult” (n.) and “cultic” (adj.)

There is great confusion when describing certain groups and movements as "cultic." Since the most famous examples of cultic groups and movements in living memory include the Manson Family, People’s Temple, the Branch Davidians and Heaven’s Gate, the popular conception of a cult has become a centralized group with one leader with a type-A personality. This is not how most cultic groups take shape.

"Cultic" and "centralized" are not synonyms. They are entirely different concepts, and whether one group or movement is one has no bearing whatsoever on whether it is the other.

The United Pentecostal Church International and Pentecostal Assemblies of the World are both cults. They are part of the Oneness Pentecostal movement*. Note, the UPCI and PAW are not in fellowship with each other and have no official relations. This is because this movement is decentralized, encompassing various different groups that are united in few if any ways besides (some) similar teachings. Whatever leadership and governance model they have, shared or contrasting, is secondary, because Oneness Pentecostalism as a set of doctrines is itself cultic, meaning any group that espouses it is a cult by definition.

Christian Identity is a more pronounced example of a cultic movement that is decentralized. It is a white supremacist group that teaches that white people are the descendants of the ancient Israelites, and that "gentiles" (people who aren't white) can never be saved. Its footprint is almost entirely made of websites, prison gangs, and local congregations, which are not in fellowship with each other or with any larger group. I would hope any decent person would be opposed to this movement and its teachings, but an attempt to treat "cultic" and "centralized" as synonyms might keep one from recognizing CI as something that should be avoided.

Other decentralized movements that are cultic include the Word of Faith movement, the Men's Right Movement, dispensationalism, neurodiversity, the Sovereign Citizens movement, BDSM, the New IFB, kinism, and the Black Hebrew Israelites. Every group that is part of these is a cult, thought they may not be in fellowship with other groups within the same movement.

*The Oneness Pentecostal movement is not representative of Pentecostalism as a whole. Most of the world's Pentecostals belong to the Assemblies of God which has taught the Trinity for its entire existence. Pentecostalism is not necessarily cultic. Oneness Pentecostalism is.

#cult #cults #manson family #charles manson #people's temple #peoples temple #jim jones #branch davidians #david koresh #heaven's gate #heavens gate #united pentecostal church international #pentecostal assemblies of the world #upci #paw #oneness pentecostalism #oneness pentecostals #christian identity #word of faith #prosperity gospel #men's rights movement #mra #men's rights activism #men's rights activist #men's rights activists #mras #mrm #mens rights movement #mens rights activism #mens rights activists

[gxlden-angels]

she pente on my costal till I speak in tongues

#idk why my family being pentecostal is so funny to me like??? #my dad said they grew up at a baptist church???? #like damn bih you live like this?? #ex christian #religious trauma

[odinsblog]

Truly

#lol #truly #coronavirus #covid-19 #face masks #idgafwtcdcsybwymfm #covid variants #as someone from a pentecostal church background this is particularly hilarious #masks on #wear ya mask

[betty-bourgeoisie]

Forget everything else I've ever said about Alfred and religion, the man is in Appalachia doing snake handling every sunday because he's immortal and he knows a good party when he sees one

#hws america #aph america #and quit frankly #if I woke up tomorrow and I was immortal #finding a pentecostal holiness church that still does serpent handling would be number one on my to do list

[gramarobin]

Emotional manipulation. I said what I said.

#emotional manipulation #manipulation #praise and worship #worship music #church #christianity #exvangelical #ex fundamentalist #exchristian #religion #religious abuse #religious trauma #deconversion #deconstruction #charismatic #pentecostal #culty

[a-queer-seminarian]

got escorted out of my childhood church mid-Mass today, lads

#church hurt // #It was my ‘fault’ — I stood up and said something after the homily — I was gonna leave anyway #will say more later but uh. I’m still really shaken and hurting so send me love please 🌸 #edited to say childhood church not home church — #forgot the parlance lol. my current home church would never do this #Pentecost Incident

[rotzaprachim]

most successful time-killing activity so far is the fundie snark Reddit

#Have had a bizarre obsession with fundamentalists of all stripes since middle school #To be fair. My best friend growing up was an evangelical Pentecostal and I went to brownies with her in the basement of their church #So there’s someeee basis #But as a commenter said. How can such boring people be so fascinating???

[femme-et-traditionnelle]

I am getting Confirmed in the Catholic Church today at 4PM 🌻

#please pray for me so that I don't embarass myself in front of the assemblee #like tripping and falling #one of my bible teacher had this happen to her when she got Confirmed #and I am notably clumsy #prayer request #personal #ask #tradwife #traditional gender roles #traditional femininity #tradfem #traditional #modesty #catholic #catholicism #Pentecost #confirmation #church #sunday

[sinneroutsidethegrave]

#catholic saints #catholicism #roman catholic #catholic church #catholic #christian #christianity #christian faith #bible #pentecost #new testament #faith #holy week #good friday #stigmata #repent #sinner #jesusitrustinyou #religious imagery #jesus christ #jesussaves #jesuslovesyou #gospel #christ #yeshua #faith in jesus #jesusislord #jesusiscoming #godislove #suffering

[apostatezophiel]

Realistically If Eve was unable to comprehend the difference between good and evil, can we even blame her for not obeying god and being 'seduced' by the serpent? She doesnt understand the difference between right and wrong, so why would God damn her for doing a 'wrong' act if prior to eating the fruit she was unable to tell the difference anyway.

#ex pentecostal #exchristian #high control religion #ex christian #ex fundamentalist #apostate #ex fundie #We always talk about how Eve was a sinner in my church and I honestly feel kind of bad for her

[prolifeproliberty]

#Pentecost #Pentecost Sunday #Holy Spirit #Holy Trinity #Christianity #church