If an atheist couple wanted a Pentecostal pastor to marry them he might oblige and might even cut back the ceremony to include just the civil marriage parts.
It's hard to picture why either party would want to participate except as the result of a friendship outside of the religious sphere.
I am not entirely sure what you meant by this question, but I think you are asking who leads A pentecostal church rather than THE pentecostal church, but I could be wrong. A pentecostal church is lead by a Pastor who is usually selected by members of the church and has been ordained as a minister. My father is a Pentecostal minister. We attended the church before he was the pastor. The former pastor was asked to leave because of some personal issues and my father had just graduated from Bible College. My father was appointed as interim pastor which means they made him the pastor until they decided who would be the permanent one. Another man from the church also thought God wanted him to become the new pastor, so the church members voted and they chose my father. This may not be how every church does it. I do know of another church where the pastor died of old age and the assistant pastor became the new pastor, although I believe they still voted on it. HOWEVER!, if you were to ask my father who leads a pentecostal church, he would answer, without blinking and without a second thought,"God leads a pentecostal church". :)
Yes, a former teammate of Williams was quoted as saying:"Ted wanted to be cremated. He was an atheist. He didn't believe in religion."See attached link for more references.
I was raised in a Pentecostal Church. And my church asked that kids wait until they were eight to be baptized. They wanted children to understand what baptism was really all about. Baptism is a public declaration of an inner work in your life. Some little kids can't process that. I was one of them. When I was 10, my older sister said she wanted to get baptized. I told Mom I wanted to as well, because she was. And then my little sister said she wanted to as well. I ended getting baptized again when I was 19 because I wanted it to be more meaningful than, "I did it just because my sister did."
They wanted to be near the church and pastor.
No. I actually saw him and his wife yesterday. Whoever wanted him for themselves, sorry.
The outcasts (or osu) wanted to be admitted into the Christian Church.The pastor admitted the outcasts in, at first the converts shunned them, but then they accepted them. The pastor also made the outcasts cut their hair off like the other men.
The pastor invited them in warmly. At first the other tribesmen shunned the outcasts, distancing themselves from the osu. However, the pastor insisted that they cut their long hair and be treated as equals among members of the church.
they were looking for a brighter future
Roman Catholic, he even wanted to be a priest at one point.
They were a very generous couple and they wanted to foster a child.
The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas.
it is because he wanted to find an ocean route to asia.