Britain | Conversion rates

Britain’s gypsies have seen the light

They are converting to Pentecostalism in large numbers

Many women choose to cover their hair for Light and Life prayer meetings - regardless of what clothes they are wearing.
|Iver, Buckinghamshire

God’s abundant gifts to his faithful rarely include natty dressing. The Lord might offer His followers salvation, redemption and whatnot but, at least in England, He isn’t famous for blessing them with an Instagram-ready aesthetic.

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