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  • 27 May 2011
    Mexican Pentecostal churches offer a way out of poverty, says researcher

    Pentecostal churches have historically provided a way out of poverty, allowing people to recover self-esteem within their culture, says a researcher.

  • 18 Feb 2011
    Pentecostalism is changing the global face of Christianity

    The huge growth of Pentecostalism is changing the global landscape of Christianity but also putting disparities into sharp relief, the WCC has been told.

  • 29 Aug 2010
    Pentecostals can help heal divisions, says global churches' chief

    The general secretary of the WCC has spoken of the enrichment his ecumenical journey has received from family members belonging to Pentecostal churches.

  • 23 Jun 2010
    Popular faith and resilience in Haiti

    For many in the West, 'natural disasters' are a reason to question religious belief. In places like Haiti, popular faith can be a resource for empowerment and change. Maria Halava interviews a Pentecostal woman pastor from Haiti whose intense belief is both personal and radical in its commitment.

  • 5 Jun 2010
    Pentecostal mega-church backs 2013 WCC assembly in Korea

    The leader of one of the world's largest Pentecostal congregations has reaffirmed his church's commitment to support the World Council of Churches' 10th Assembly in Korea, in 2013.

  • 19 Nov 2007
    Interceders Conference HIV/Aids

    The Interceders Conference will offer information and help on health and spiritual issues, providing the Church with an opportunity to make itself heard on the subject of HIV/AIDS.

  • 18 Oct 2007
    Pentecostals deepen conversation with historic churches

    A second round of dialogue between World Council of Churches (WCC) members and Pentecostals has been inaugurated in Baar, Switzerland. A group of Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and Pentecostal Christians met to continue work begun in 2005.

  • 10 Apr 2007
    Global Day of Prayer

    The London Wing of the Global Day of Prayer in conjuntion with Pentecost. An Ecumenical Event

    West Ham F.C, Boleyn Ground, Green St, London, E13 9AZ

    Tel: 0870 1122700

  • 9 Mar 2007
    Being a cautious mystic

    Johan Maurer asks what we mean by spiritual experience and mysticism

  • 21 Feb 2007
    Latin American Protestants build bridges with Pentecostals

    The main Protestant grouping of churches in Latin America, which for years was seen as a religious embodiment of left-wing politics, began its six-yearly gathering in a Pentecostal church in Buenos Aires with a lively worship service - writes Peter Kenny for Ecumenical News International (ENI).