Evangelical Roma Pentecoastal Church in Lübeck Germany

[Mortimer]

Those Churches (Pentecoastal) are very popular among Roma in Western Europe, Germany, France, Spain and in the US. But in Serbia they dont exist, I think in Serbia they would face persecution by nationalists, A because they are considered cults and B because they are Roma. In Bulgaria of course too. Maybe in Romania there is more freedom.

[Mortimer]

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[TheForeigner]

Yes, many Gypsies and many gadjos or ethnic Romanians in Romania also belong to the Pentecostal church. Most Romanians(including me) consider it a cult and don't like it, but they don't do anything against them and they have all the religious freedom they want.

[cyrus]

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[cyrus]

The problem with Pentecostals, not specifically gypsy, is that they are money-driven worshipers (10% of personal income has to be mandatorily donated to the Pentecostal Church). In Romania, they are represented by top politicians from the center-right (EPP). Besides, at the societal level, they tend to function as small corporations against the local traditional society interests and benefits (see Mormons, Amish, Quakers, etc). For the Gypsy communities, it might be a step forward though.