Carl Terrazas
| Resumen biográfico |
The term "Pentecostal" was taken from the day of Pentecost, when first-century Christians were first offered the Holy Spirit, marking the beginning of the New Testimony Church. Pentecostal churches continue to splinter today, this pattern has not caused the motion to lose steam. Youth in Pentecostal churches are being courted by present leaders as a key element in the church's future. With large complexes, arena stadiums, intense lights, wealth, pricey cars and trucks, underground parking garages, video screens, and hugely popular, energetic preachers, recent decades have seen parishioners gathering to Pentecostal or Pentecostal-flavored churches. After donating large sums of cash to their Pentecostal church, some members not only remain sick but are left destitute. |