The Pentecostal movement among Bulgaria's gypsies

Pneuma

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-369

  Atanasov, Miroslav ^a,b  

^a Bulgarian Evangelical Theological Institute   (Bulgaria)

^b Way of the Carpenter ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Gypsies; Gypsy; Pentecostal; Roma

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855173474     PISSN: 02720965     EISSN: 15700747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157007411X592684     Document Type: Article

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30. That is the largest Protestant denomination in the country. It was officially registered in 1928 and is connected with the Assemblies of God.
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35. Imams or Muslim clerics.
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