{"id":12115,"date":"2024-11-25T14:24:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T14:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=12115"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:24:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:24:42","slug":"pentecostal-churches-celebrate-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/pentecostal-churches-celebrate-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Os Pentecostais celebram o Natal? Sim, a maioria deles celebra"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Yes. The largest Pentecostal churches celebrate Christmas, and they keep it as the birth of Jesus Christ. The Assemblies of God closes its national office &quot;for Christmas observance,&quot; and the United Pentecostal Church International takes an offering every Christmas season. Not every Pentecostal congregation keeps the feast in the usual way, though. For a movement named after the coming of the Holy Spirit, there is a quiet gift in Luke&#039;s Christmas story: the Spirit is everywhere in it, long before\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. The Assemblies of God, the UPCI, Foursquare and other Pentecostal churches keep Christmas as Christ&#039;s birth. How they keep it, and who questions it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[209],"class_list":["post-12115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-christmas"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58645,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/pentecostal-vs-catholic-beliefs\/","url_meta":{"origin":12115,"position":0},"title":"Pentecostal vs Catholic: Authority, Sacraments and Tongues","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Outubro 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Catholics hold to Scripture and Tradition, Pentecostals to the Bible alone. 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