LOS ANGELES — At Three Crosses Church, Pastor Ken Walters urges his parishioners to join him in song and scripture. The charismatic 58-year-old extends his arms skyward and belts out melodies praising ...

“We never want to go over the heads of the people,” says Jesus Perez, pastor of Puerto Rico’s largest Pentecostal Church. “We want to go directly to their hearts.” Never swerving from this philosophy, ...

MAPLEWOOD • Midway into a two-hour service last Sunday morning at New Destiny Worship Center, the front door was wide open, even though it felt like 7 degrees outside. Powerful revival music spilled ...