Charismatics and Race
One of my main areas of academic research has been the Charismatic Movement (CM). According to the strictest definition, the CM was a revival movement in the mainline Protestant and Roman Catholic...
View ArticleStrange Fire is God’s Fire
Even as I write this, well-known pastor John MacArthur is hosting a conference entitled Strange Fire. Based on his upcoming book of the same name, the purpose of the conference is to offer a heavy...
View ArticleA Pentecostal Tension
During my discussion of last week’s “Strange Fire” conference, I mentioned that elements of MacArthur’s critique do have some merit. Most notable in this respect are linked strands of Pentecostalism...
View ArticleReview: “To the Ends of the Earth: Pentecostalism and the Transformation of...
Allan Anderson currently serves as Professor of Mission and Pentecostal Studies at the University of Birmingham (UK). His new monograph To the Ends of the Earth: Pentecostalism and the Transformation...
View ArticleLike As Of Fire
In an interesting bit of recent news, the results of the 2012 National Congregations Survey has reported that nearly 25% of American churches had speaking in tongues as a part of their worship in the...
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