have you heard of the religion Pentecostal?
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Here is a small segment of Pentecostal beliefs:\n \nPentecostals believe that one must be saved by believing in Jesus as Lord and Savior for the forgiveness of sins and to be made acceptable to God. Being descended from Methodism and the Methodist Holiness Movement, Pentecostal soteriology is thoroughly Arminian rather than Calvinist, believing that the ability to believe in Jesus is a power of the human free will.\n\nThis is in fact one of the distinctives which seperates Pentecostal Traditions from those of the Second Wave Charismatic and Evangelical Churches which tend toward a calvinistic soteriology. One of the main points of division is the definition of eternal security which is thoroughly Calvinist in the later Evangelical denominations and follows the Arminian tract in Pentecostal churches and denominations. This is most clearly illustrated by the belief, held in Pentecostal groups, that crediting the charismatic gifts and expressions to demonic or carnal motives and spirits, qualifies as an unpardonable sin {Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit). In Charismatic and Evangelical churches this view is marginalized or replaced with the belief that refusing to convert to Christianity before death is the only unpardonable sin.\n\nYou can read this and more at the site below.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecostal
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Pentecostal women are no different than anyother woman in the workplace. They are protected by laws that state they cannot be discriminated against. I work with many Pentecostals, and have not noticed that they are held to any stricture besides modesty. \n\nFurthermore, there are Pentecostal women that are employed in many professional areas. Religious preference does not mean you are poor, uneducated, and have thirty kids hanging around your skirts. \n\nMy boss, a doctor, is a very nice woman. She was a Pentecostal when she went to school, and still is. She still dresses modestly and in dresses or skirts, even in the O.R., and it doesn't seem to have destroyed her possibility of getting a high pay job...
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It is an Assemblies of God church.  Personally, I am not a fan of pentacostal churches, so I would recommend you avoiding that particular church and going to a non-pentacostal church.
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I'm a pentecostal,here is a site you can go to. UPCI.org     I hope you find what your looking for and understand my religon. And GOD Bless
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The Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, also known as the PLDS Church, is a sect of Mormonism organized in 1994-1995 by a study group called the "LDS Scripture Readers", led by Michael Bethel, composed initially of independent Mormons and members of various Mormon sects. The church is headquartered in Kenner, Louisiana.\n\nThe church accepts the Bible and the Book of Mormon as scripture, but rejects many other elements of Mormonism, including the Doctrine and Covenants, the Mormon Godhead, the First Presidency, and the Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthoods. The church believes in the imminent Second Coming of Jesus, and that the church will play a central role in uniting all other Latter Day Saints into a common body.
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Too bad the Catholic casts doubt on that which has not happened to him/her.    When I was 12 I was confirmed in the Lutheran church.   It meant that I had to stand before the congregation and answer a whole bunch of questions.  I was sacred silly and devoid of answers.\n\nMy pastor took our class down into the basemant and prayed for us.   All of a sudden the fear completely left me and I felt powerful and taller than everybody else.   I had always been very shy and timid like my father.  \n\nThe feeling left after the ceremony but I wanted to find it again but didn't know how.   I searched for 29 years for that power and boldness till I walked into a small pentecostal church and found it again and was baptized in the Holy Spirit for good.\n\nMy speaking in tongues gift is now the ability to perform in music and to speak and testify about my love for Jesus boldly and without fear.   I thank God for a true born again experience.\n\nGod works in mysterious ways and be very careful putting down others for the way they act when filled with the spirit.   Running, screaming, laughing are all things that God has given to us to express ourselves.   Don't put the Holy Spirit in a box.. Seek Him and He will set you free.   Would you jump and shout like the cripple in the Book of Acts Chp. 3?    Why not???
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Absolutely. The thing most people don't seem to realize is that there are things that go on within the spiritual world that are much more real and involved than the world we see around us. I have known several people who have seen things like what you are talking about. One of my best friends grew up as a missionary kid in the Ivory Coast. The people of one of the nearby tribes had this tradition called the Speaking of the Dead in which the men of the tribe would hoist a newly deceased person over their heads and ask it questions and depending on which way the body would cause the men to lean, they would have their answer. It was sort of like the "ouija board" concept. One of the missionaries was standing about 20 feet away watching this take place and when they asked the body a question the body literally lunged out at the missionary and then fell to the ground a little bit short of where he was standing. There are demons out there. Satan is very real and whatever was possessing that body did at all like what was possessing the missionary, which was the Holy Spirit. The demons in this world know they are defeated and therefore hate Christians. Christians, because of the blood of Jesus Christ have power and authority over these spirits that are all around us. Believe me... it IS real. \n Whenever people talk about ghost stories... things they've seen or heard... I have no doubt in my mind at all that what people see is real. Theyr'e not ghosts, however. They are simply demons who are trying to stir up as much confusion regarding the "afterlife" as possible. The more confused people are about what is possible to happen to them after death, the less likely they are to make a decision. \n I have also known someone who cast a demon out of someone else. My high school algebra teacher, a very wise and Godly man, had a troubled sister about ten years ago that became possessed by a demon. He rebuked that demon in the name of Jesus Christ and it fled from her. There is power in the name of Christ. Trust me. I've seen it.
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They get their name from the day of "Pentecost". On that day the Holy Spirit descended on the church and people spoke in tongues. So, this group emphasizes, or rather, overemphasized speaking in tongues. \n\nThe worst of them believe that unless you speak in tongues you're not saved. Notice I say, the worst of them. They don't all believe the exact same thing. There are Trinitarian Pentecostals and Oneness Pentecostals (these deny the Trinity). \n\nIt's a group that's very emotional. Their services can become very chaotic with people running around the church and a lot of unrecognizable screaming (speaking in tongues they would say). I speak from experience, I've seen it. It's not misinformation, but look it up and you'll discover for yourself.
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UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH INTERNATIONAL (UPCI)
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when I went to pentecostal church a message in tongues was interpreted for ME(THE PERSON CAME BACK AND STOOD IN FRONT OF ME) God said I was like Peter but in which way I don't know because I was crying so hard.I had made a statement in prayer that I would Stand up for God and fight for him so I think this was in response to that.I hope He didn't mean that I would deny him!I pray that he meant I was rough around the edges like Peter and that I had faith like him.\nI also was prayed for in front of the church to get pregnant.I fell on the floor and my belly ached.I was 36 yrs.old and did get pregnant!At 37 I had a beautiful baby boy.I dedicated him to God\n The sad part is that I don't go to church anymore.I don't particularly like the new pastor so I backed away
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Well, if the religion is pentecostal Christianity, it might persuade some to surrender their minds to their wishes and whims, and to embrace mindlessness as their greatest virtue. (Examine the history of pentecostal organizations and their practices)\n\nIf the religion is an extreme one, it might persuade some to take pleasure in killing others for the sake of their creeds however true or false they may be.  (Examine / Observe the current extreme actions happening in the Middle East)\n\nIf the religion springs from the teachings of John Calvin, then it might persuade some surrender their minds to a prayer, creed, and ritual and a belief that only your views are correct.  (Examine organizations that have sprung up from the teachings of the philiosopher turned theologian John Calvin)
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Christians believe in many different things. Me and my mom are Christians but she is Mormon and I am Pentecostal. We don't see the same things but we both are Christians. For me it is how I want to Praise Jesus. For her she is mostly told how to praise Jesus. But we have the common factor which is Jesus.
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Charismatic preachers claim that 'god' speaks to them directly. \n\nPat Robertson would be an example, his followers would count as a subculture.
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Isn't it wonderful how many non-Wiccans 'know' so much about it?  And have it totally WRONG!  I'm Wiccan, Celtic Generation who's family has practiced Wicca for CENTURIES.  I don't follow Gardierian Wicca, I go by old family traditions handed down for centuries.  It is NOT devil or Satan worship.  It is not 'evil'.  It is a religion like any other, older by centuries than Christianity or Islam.
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Have you heard of "HADUMA TOUCH"????
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it is a virtue that happened in Pentecost in which tongues of flame took over the disciples and they started to speak in different tongues....i the bible,, some people claim to do it ...still a virtue
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Emmanuel Swedenborg founded the group. Or at least its based on his works, books, concepts, etc. Some think of it as a kind of for runner of the Spiritualist movement in that he communicated with spirit entities. That's a part of the belief system involved. There are two Swedenborg groups in the U.S. that I know of. A web search might help. Hope this did. :-)