How to Use Pentecostal in a Sentence

Pentecostal

1 of 2 adjective

• He was first introduced to gospel music in Pentecostal churches and, as a teenager, he was kicked out of the house by his father for being gay.
  — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 8 May 2023
• The community here revolves around the small neo-Pentecostal church Iracema helped build.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2021
• Next morning at the Citadel Church, a large Pentecostal church in Lagos, when the blue plastic offering buckets went round, congregants mimed putting cash in them.
  — Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
• Deanna is a pastor and a director of women’s ministries at a Pentecostal church in Florida.
  — Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
• My grandmother took us to these little Pentecostal churches, where the musical and moral legacy had a profound influence on my life.
  — Thor Christensen, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023
• His passion for drumming first developed while attending Pentecostal church services with his parents, at first being awed by the in-house drummer and then becoming a part of the church band.
  — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
• On the eastern edge of Bedford-Stuyvesant — a Brooklyn neighborhood synonymous with hip-hop excellence — a tiny wellness center is tucked between a Pentecostal church and a real estate office.
  — Ben Barzilai Christopher Lee, New York Times, 14 June 2023
• Exorcism has become more mainstream in Catholic culture as well as evangelical and Pentecostal culture.
  — Joseph P. Laycock, The Conversation, 24 May 2022
• One historian recorded that these raucous celebrations resembled religious revivals, much like the ones Chavez had noted in Pentecostal church services.
  — Lloyd Daniel Barba, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2023
• His Anglo American Pentecostal parents devoted their lives to helping evangelical churches in Mexico.
  — Marcela Valdes, New York Times, 28 June 2023
• He was first introduced to gospel music in Pentecostal churches and, as a teenager, he was kicked out of the house by his father for being gay.
  — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 8 May 2023
• The community here revolves around the small neo-Pentecostal church Iracema helped build.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2021
• Next morning at the Citadel Church, a large Pentecostal church in Lagos, when the blue plastic offering buckets went round, congregants mimed putting cash in them.
  — Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
• Deanna is a pastor and a director of women’s ministries at a Pentecostal church in Florida.
  — Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
• My grandmother took us to these little Pentecostal churches, where the musical and moral legacy had a profound influence on my life.
  — Thor Christensen, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023
• His passion for drumming first developed while attending Pentecostal church services with his parents, at first being awed by the in-house drummer and then becoming a part of the church band.
  — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
• On the eastern edge of Bedford-Stuyvesant — a Brooklyn neighborhood synonymous with hip-hop excellence — a tiny wellness center is tucked between a Pentecostal church and a real estate office.
  — Ben Barzilai Christopher Lee, New York Times, 14 June 2023
• Exorcism has become more mainstream in Catholic culture as well as evangelical and Pentecostal culture.
  — Joseph P. Laycock, The Conversation, 24 May 2022
• One historian recorded that these raucous celebrations resembled religious revivals, much like the ones Chavez had noted in Pentecostal church services.
  — Lloyd Daniel Barba, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2023
• His Anglo American Pentecostal parents devoted their lives to helping evangelical churches in Mexico.
  — Marcela Valdes, New York Times, 28 June 2023

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Pentecostal

2 of 2 noun

• Voodoo blend of louche funk, plush neo-soul, and pastoral fervor — learned his moves in the Virginia Pentecostal church.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 June 2022
• Reginald served on and off as a preacher at Church of God in Christ, the Pentecostal community.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• First Pentecostal Church has mailed out thousands of invitations to friends and neighbors.
  — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2023
• Warnock, the 11th of 12 children, was born in Savannah, raised in public housing by his parents, both Pentecostal pastors.
  — Grace Segers, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2020
• Her speech in Malawi was attended by the country's president, a former leader of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God movement.
  — Cara Anna, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023
• Her speech in Malawi was attended by the country’s president, a former leader of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God movement.
  — Time, 3 July 2023
• Colby was raised in Dallas by a Pentecostal Christian family who rejected her identity from the get-go.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2023
• Her parents, both Pentecostal pastors, always told her to follow crosses.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
• His predecessor was a Pentecostal Christian and former gospel singer who had slashed funding for Carnival.
  — Marina Dias, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023
• This poem reflects upon her Pentecostal upbringing and estranged family members, and how that relates to finding her own way of life.
  — Corey Schmidt, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022
• The country has long been a Catholic stronghold, but evangelicals have made tremendous inroads in recent decades, particularly Pentecostals.
  — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 22 July 2023
• But the momentum – in terms of church attendance and energy – is going in the other direction, toward the burgeoning ranks of Pentecostal and other evangelical congregations.
  — Fox News, 5 Jan. 2022
• People were converting to more expressive forms of evangelical Christianity — sometimes called charismatic or Pentecostal — which often entailed speaking in tongues and faith healing and emphasized a daily struggle between good and evil.
  — Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• Growing up Pentecostal, where extreme modesty (no jewelry, limited skin showing, nothing tight) is de rigueur, provided some limitations.
  — Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2024
• Bishop Tomlinson claimed millions of congregants — including all Pentecostals.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
• Voodoo blend of louche funk, plush neo-soul, and pastoral fervor — learned his moves in the Virginia Pentecostal church.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 June 2022
• Reginald served on and off as a preacher at Church of God in Christ, the Pentecostal community.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• First Pentecostal Church has mailed out thousands of invitations to friends and neighbors.
  — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2023
• Warnock, the 11th of 12 children, was born in Savannah, raised in public housing by his parents, both Pentecostal pastors.
  — Grace Segers, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2020
• Her speech in Malawi was attended by the country's president, a former leader of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God movement.
  — Cara Anna, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023
• Her speech in Malawi was attended by the country’s president, a former leader of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God movement.
  — Time, 3 July 2023
• Colby was raised in Dallas by a Pentecostal Christian family who rejected her identity from the get-go.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2023
• Her parents, both Pentecostal pastors, always told her to follow crosses.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
• His predecessor was a Pentecostal Christian and former gospel singer who had slashed funding for Carnival.
  — Marina Dias, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023
• This poem reflects upon her Pentecostal upbringing and estranged family members, and how that relates to finding her own way of life.
  — Corey Schmidt, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022
• The country has long been a Catholic stronghold, but evangelicals have made tremendous inroads in recent decades, particularly Pentecostals.
  — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 22 July 2023
• But the momentum – in terms of church attendance and energy – is going in the other direction, toward the burgeoning ranks of Pentecostal and other evangelical congregations.
  — Fox News, 5 Jan. 2022
• People were converting to more expressive forms of evangelical Christianity — sometimes called charismatic or Pentecostal — which often entailed speaking in tongues and faith healing and emphasized a daily struggle between good and evil.
  — Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• Growing up Pentecostal, where extreme modesty (no jewelry, limited skin showing, nothing tight) is de rigueur, provided some limitations.
  — Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2024
• Bishop Tomlinson claimed millions of congregants — including all Pentecostals.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024

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