In dysfunctional societies, some renewal movements are beginning to engage civic institutions and religious “others” to effect positive social change. A fleet of rented minivans from God Bless Nigeria Church pulled up …

Just as Christian renewal movements are shaping the cultures where they are growing, they are also shaped by the imperative to find common values in pluralistic societies. “Joy is in the house!” …

Movements associated with the first wave of global Christian renewal have become institutionalized, sparking new renewalist impulses in the developing world. Glory Moses, a pastor’s daughter, is no spiritual slacker. Other 20-year-olds …

When dramatic social change upends conventional forms of belief, the seeds of renewalist religion begin to stir. The Los Angeles Times was not pleased by events unfolding at the Apostolic Faith Gospel …

Renewal Movements in Campinas, Brazil reflecting trends playing out across the global South “You said you’re part of a project researching Pentecostalism,” said Renata Strohmenger. “But I’m not sure that’s who we …

Nick Street reports on new trends in Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity. The report includes information on the Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative and photographs by Nick Street and Donald Miller.   Download …

This article was originally published in The Global Post An excerpt from the article: “The current push to find a negotiated solution to interreligious violence originated with the Sultan of Sokoto, the …

This article originally appeared in GlobalPost. RIO DE JANEIRO — Last fall, the Rev. Marcio Retamero was invited to testify before members of the Brazilian congress, where he talked about human rights generally …

Pentecostal churches have grown in El Salvador since the end of the country’s civil war. CRCC Senior Writer Nick Street shows the appeal of Pentecostal worship and its role in responding to …

Women and young people are often the first in the family to go to Pentecostal and Charismatic Catholic services. Get a peek at a service at Nossa Sehnora del Penha (Our Lady …

This post originally appeared on Huffington Post Religion. “On a brilliantly sunny Monday morning at the start of the rainy season, a couple of dozen young men gathered for a game of …

This commentary was originally published in The Wall Street Journal. In an interview with Esquire that is generating a surprising amount of buzz—and not just because she appears on the magazine’s cover …

The name Silas Malafaia was on everyone’s lips. A sociologist at a secular university near Brasilia, the rector of a Catholic seminary in Campinas, a Pentecostal lawyer in Sao Paulo and a …

Though North Texas is hardly unchurched territory, metro Dallas has become a beachhead in the global missionary movement of Nigeria’s Redeemed Christian Church of God. About half a mile from Fellowship Church, …

In this video, Senior Writer Nick Street explores glossolalia (speaking in tongues), the Pentecostal movement in Jos, Nigeria, and a Charismatic Catholic congregation in Nairobi, Kenya.

Glory Moses, a pastor’s daughter, is no spiritual slacker. Other 20-year-olds in her native Kerala may be counting the days until the opening of Kochi’s mammoth Lulu Mall—billed as the largest shopping …

The New York Times recently ran a piece on the network of volunteers tracking the drift of flotsam in the Pacific from the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan last year. The …

On the Wednesday that marked the midpoint in the recent weeklong Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative (PCRI) conference outside Nairobi, about 30 research fellows and CRCC staffers trundled onto a pair of …

Over the past four decades, the cultural kaleidoscope that is L.A.’s East Side has shifted around Randy Carillo. Meanwhile, he says, his faith has remained steadily rooted in the ecumenical evangelicalism of …

“I was a good kid who did something very bad,” says Cornell Ward. Though Ward was raised during hard times in South Central by a single mother whose restless ways meant Ward …