How to Use Pentecostal in a Sentence
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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.
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Claretta Bellamy,
NBC News,
2023-05-08
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The community here revolves around the small neo-Pentecostal church Iracema helped build.
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Los Angeles Times,
2021-11-15
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My grandmother took us to these little Pentecostal churches, where the musical and moral legacy had a profound influence on my life.
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Thor Christensen,
Dallas News,
2023-08-01
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Deanna is a pastor and a director of women’s ministries at a Pentecostal church in Florida.
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Larissa MacFarquhar,
The New Yorker,
2023-04-03
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Exorcism has become more mainstream in Catholic culture as well as evangelical and Pentecostal culture.
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Joseph P. Laycock,
The Conversation,
2022-05-24
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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.
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Ruth MacLean,
New York Times,
2023-02-22
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The woman has sincerely held Pentecostal Christian beliefs and practices the religion of Free Holiness, the complaint notes.
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Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
27 Aug. 2025
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One historian recorded that these raucous celebrations resembled religious revivals, much like the ones Chavez had noted in Pentecostal church services.
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Lloyd Daniel Barba,
Fortune,
2023-03-31
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As a Pentecostal movement, the denomination teaches that God speaks through modern spiritual leaders to call out hypocrisy and injustice, much like the prophets of the Old Testament.
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Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
4 Aug. 2025
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Voodoo blend of louche funk, plush neo-soul, and pastoral fervor — learned his moves in the Virginia Pentecostal church.
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Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2022-06-21
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Her parents, both Pentecostal pastors, always told her to follow crosses.
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Sarah Bahari,
Dallas News,
2023-05-12
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First Pentecostal Church has mailed out thousands of invitations to friends and neighbors.
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Frank E. Lockwood,
Arkansas Online,
2023-10-28
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Reginald served on and off as a preacher at Church of God in Christ, the Pentecostal community.
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Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
2023-08-07
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This poem reflects upon her Pentecostal upbringing and estranged family members, and how that relates to finding her own way of life.
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Corey Schmidt,
Chicago Tribune,
2022-09-22
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His predecessor was a Pentecostal Christian and former gospel singer who had slashed funding for Carnival.
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Marina Dias,
Washington Post,
2023-02-21
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Colby was raised in Dallas by a Pentecostal Christian family who rejected her identity from the get-go.
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Jon Freeman,
Rolling Stone,
2023-06-01
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Warnock, the 11th of 12 children, was born in Savannah, raised in public housing by his parents, both Pentecostal pastors.
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Grace Segers,
CBS News,
2020-12-16
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Her speech in Malawi was attended by the country’s president, a former leader of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God movement.
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Time,
2023-07-03
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Her speech in Malawi was attended by the country's president, a former leader of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God movement.
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Cara Anna,
BostonGlobe.com,
2023-07-02
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Growing up Pentecostal, where extreme modesty (no jewelry, limited skin showing, nothing tight) is de rigueur, provided some limitations.
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Alessandra Codinha,
Vogue,
2024-03-13
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Bishop Tomlinson claimed millions of congregants — including all Pentecostals.
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Sam Roberts,
New York Times,
2024-03-09
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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.
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Fox News,
2022-01-05
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In that essay, Washington wrote that his first visit to the Pentecostal West Angeles Church in Los Angeles — at the suggestion of actor and director Robert Townsend in the 1980s — made a major impact on his life.
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Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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