By Donald E. Miller
How and why is Christianity's heart of gravity moving to the constructing global? to appreciate this speedily becoming phenomenon, Donald E. Miller and Tetsunao Yamamori spent 4 years touring the globe carrying out wide on-the-ground study in twenty assorted nations in Africa, Asia, Latin the United States, and Europe. the result's this vividly specific e-book and accompanying DVD, which jointly include the main entire info to be had on Pentecostalism, the fastest-growing faith on the planet. wealthy with scenes from daily life, the e-book and DVD dispel many stereotypes approximately this faith as they construct a wide-ranging, nuanced portrait of a huge new social circulate. The DVD gains photos of Pentecostal spiritual worship, testimony, and social activism, and contains interviews with Pentecostal pastors and leaders from all over the world.
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Other times they would ask us An Emergent Force within World Christianity / 35 for a deWnition, never having heard of Pentecostalism, and the moment we said something about faith healing or speaking in tongues it was clear that they saw Pentecostalism as a socially regressive phenomenon. In fact, our liberal Protestant friends were the worst. All they could think of was sex: in their view, it was Pentecostal and charismatic Christians from the developing world who were dividing their denominations on issues such as the ordination of gay clergy.
The world is not black and white or either/or. It is a mixture of both elements, and indeed there are some Prosperity Gospel churches that are developing social ministries for their members while they hold healing crusades and promote the notion of an abundant God. Prosperity Gospel preachers often have a very practical side. It serves their interests to help members develop their entrepreneurial talents so that they can contribute more generously to the church. On more than one occasion we observed these pastors telling their members how to multiply their Xocks and how to save money to invest in their small business operations.
However, on side streets we started to see dozens of men sitting or lying on the sidewalk. Many of them had cardboard boxes pulled up around them for protection. It was deWnitely the sort of area one would hesitate to enter during the day, and certainly not at night. When we reached the densest population of homeless persons, the bus lurched to a stop and Cecilia, one of the volunteers, hopped out, Bible in hand. Almost immediately, four or Wve people gathered around her, and she read a brief passage of scripture and said a few encouraging words to them.
