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Peter George Popoff (born July 2, 1946) is a German-born American televangelist, charlatan, [1] debunked clairvoyant, and faith healer.He was exposed in 1986 by James Randi for using a concealed earpiece to receive radio messages from his wife, who gave him the names, addresses, and ailments of audience members during Popoff-led religious services.
Converting to evangelical Christianity in the 1880s, Sunday left baseball for the Christian ministry. During the early 20th century, he became the nation's most famous evangelist with his colloquial sermons and frenetic delivery. Sunday held widely reported campaigns in America's largest cities, and he attracted the largest crowds of any ...
Jesus Camp was screened at Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival against the wishes of the distribution company, Magnolia Pictures. [9] Magnolia had pulled Jesus Camp from the festival earlier in the summer after it purchased rights to the film, in a decision apparently inspired by Moore's association with the film festival, with Magnolia president Eamonn Bowles saying "I don't want the ...
The local churches and the ministry of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee have been the subject of controversy in two major areas over the past fifty years. To a large extent these controversies stem from the rapid increase and spread of the local churches in the United States in the 1960s and early 1970s.
WASHINGTON − In the two decades since the Supreme Court blocked federal efforts to protect children from online pornography, American kids' access to the internet has exploded and concerns about ...
I tried to copy the dance moves the other kids were doing. The DJ played the popular song “Lonesome Loser,” by the Little River Band. The music blasted.
Pakistani Christians held services on Sunday at churches that were vandalised and torched by a vigilante mob last week after two Christian brothers were accused of desecrating the Koran. The ...
A recreation ground in Raasay, Scotland displaying a sign that reads "Please do not use this playing field on Sundays", reflecting a commitment to first-day Sabbatarian Christian doctrine. Because of Christian religious orthodoxy, it was considered offensive to work on Sunday, which was expected to be a day of worship and rest from servile labor.