While the small Assemblies of God congregation goes through all the traditional trappings of a Pentecostal service, there is one notable absence: speaking in tongues, a defining trait of the faith.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - While the small Assemblies of God congregation goes through all the traditional trappings of a Pentecostal service, there is one notable absence: speaking in tongues ...

the Pentecostal Holiness Church and the Church of God. Some Catholics and mainline Protestants are also known to speak in tongues, but it is usually during prayer in their homes and not in church.

For those who have received the gift of speaking in tongues, it can be an ecstatic occurrence. Glossolalia usually happens at the climax of a Pentecostal service, when the revivalist “lays on ...

Although these churches aren't specifically associated with Pentecostal organizations ... were also twice as likely to have members speak in tongues—nearly 45 percent saw this.

After decade-long resistance, the Southern Baptist Convention will admit missionary candidates who speak in tongues, a practice associated with Pentecostal and charismatic churches. The new policy ...

To the skeptical, the “other tongues ... in the uninhibited Pentecostal sects but even among Episcopalians, who have been called “God’s frozen people.” “Speaking in tongues is no ...

To most, speaking in tongues is an experience few and far between, but it was nothing unusual for the women’s prayer group pictured here. The phenomenon of talking in an unknown language ...