want to meet someone who can speak in tongue

hii want to know someone in worthing who can speak in tongue.i have been speak in tongue for 2 years.i am thai i know manny friend of my can speak in tongue.but when i here in uk not know anyone in uk who can speak in tongue.love to meet someone in worthing.

I did some quick research for you. Here is the name and address of a Pentecostal church associated with the Assemblies of God:Mid Sussex Christian Centre180 Leylands RoadBurgess Hill, West Sussex RH15 8HSUnited Kingdom01444 232596The A/G holds that tongues is the initial physical evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Ghost. All ministers must have received this experience.I understand your wanting to fellowship with those who forbid not to speak with tongues.Blessings,RT

If you are looking for churches in Worthing try this link; Worthing Churches The Burgess Hill location suggested earlier is some distance from Worthing. If you are looking for some fellowship in Worthing itself give this man a call.Matthew Barrow01903 210005 (home)01903 211410 (ch)and tell him Ron Bailey sent you. Matt is one of the leaders of the Lyndhurst Christian Fellowship, please see the list. Matt has a strong links with Africa and street children. child2child

Leonard Ravenhill, the famed Pentacostal, open-air preacher/evangelist, who was known to have prayed 8 hours at a time, said that tongues are not the primary sign of the Holy Ghost, but rather the least gift. 1 Cor 12:10, "to another divers kinds of tongues"1 Cor 12:30, "do all speak with tongues?"Not sure if you were advocating that belief or not, RT. Ravenhill, was Pentacostal, and preached in many churches to include churches that spoke in tongues. He said, "If gifts and tongues are the answer to revival, how is it (and I'm quite kind here, I preach in Pentacostal churches often, and I say it when I'm there) how is it they haven't set America on fire. How is it they've as much carnality as anybody. The strength is not in tongues, the strength is not in miracles, the strength is not even in faith, the strength is in love. And when the love of God is shed abroad you can lay down your life for a person that you love." -Leonard Ravenhill, from sermon: 1 Corinthians 13Scripture is quite clear that the first and foremost fruit of the Spirit is the love of God that will make one ready to lay down one's life.

Letsgetbusy, Paul said he prayed in tongues more than anybody else and wished everyone prayed in tongues like him. Although he does make it clear that love is primary, he clearly emphasizes the importance of tongues. (1 Cor. 14) Also, John G. Lake, who Ravenhill spoke very highly of, said that tongues was to him the making of his ministry. How powerful and important is this gift?! How mystical and wonderful! How much potential does it actually hold? I'm not a Pentacostal but I do believe in the power and relevance of tongues in the Christian life and I'm confident Ravenhill did as well. I think in the type of example you quoted from him, he just wanted to make a point that it's not enough and it's not everything. You might already agree with all that but I wanted to clarify. Speaking in tongues is a wonderful gift of God. I wish, with Paul, that everyone spoke in tongues, especially because I know some of the blessing of it. Yet, as you mention, not all do.

its so true, tongues, like the other gifts 1 Cor 12:1-15 we have our gifts to serve a purpose in the body that is the gathering of the church, even though our bodies themselves are a church, the temple of the Holy Spirit. tongues is another way of really pouring out the Holy Spirit, it's great for scaring the um stuff out of demons, satan cant stand it, infact, there have been times when its been the very thing that has brought the warmth of God back into a room where demons tried to plague. i have found that tounges was not always the comunication of the gospel to an ethnic group, you naturally have no concept of, but also a sheer spiritual connection with heaven that the enemy could never interrupt. it it a weapon against his dark forces, and a language in itself, and occasionally God has given me a gist of what i just said being sheer praises to him. its a fundamental step in any walk of faith and draws you so close to heaven, but then again, some were called not to speak in tongues but to cry out to God in other spiritual gifts, look hard to see whether its truly your calling to have this particular gift, luvs.

Hi,I live in Worthing and you are more than welcome to come and visit we have some thai and asian folk in our church tojubilee community church, we meet in worthing high school,South farm rd on sundays 10.00 am or you can reply to me and we can meet up :-)

todd, I was responding to the following:"The A/G holds that tongues is the initial physical evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Ghost. All ministers must have received this experience."Any denial of one called to preach because they cannot speak in tongues is a mistake. It defeats the purpose that Paul was trying to make to the Corinthians. None of the New Testament requirements for any church position mentioned in Scripture show tongues as a prerequisite. So while I have not seen a legitimate experience of tongues, I am neither promoting nor discrediting the experience. What I am saying is there is sometimes an un-Biblical emphasis given to the gift of tongues. 1 Cor 14:5-"for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues."What I'm trying to say is this: how could someone read the above verse, and then tell someone that doesn't speak in tongues that they can't preach?

I say this with all love that my brothers would win souls to Christ: evangelism is not a gift, it is a clear command of Scripture that says "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature."While God may grant the ability of an individual to speak clearer and more earnestly to sinners, every Christian should be telling men that they should repent.Hopefully all already know this, but some may not have heard it. I have heard on more than one occasion that some in the church think because God has given them a gift, that they are not supposed to attempt to lead people to Christ. They think that evangelism is a rung that they may reach one day.Paul said he was free from the blood of all men because he witnessed or preached probably every chance he got. We will account to God for not preaching the gospel. I say this not to offend, but to bring to reality that the preaching of the gospel was the main work of Paul: "I came not to baptize but to preach the gospel."Getting people saved is the main burden of the Father: "He is not willing that any should persish, but that all should come to repentance"It's what Jesus died for:"This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners"I knowingly run from witnessing more than I do it, but I have done it some. If you're not brave enough to witness, hand out tracts. There is no more important work than spreading the message of repentance and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

lgb, I didn't see your response to me until this morning so that's why the delay. Like I said, I'm not a Pentacostal so I don't want to pretend I'm an adequate apologist for their doctrine. But I do want to try and clarify a little for you. I'm quite sure that Pentecostal churches require that some of their leaders speak in tongues because of that doctrine they hold which you reference. That is, that speaking in tongues is the initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. They have likely set up these rules because they don't want people leading the church who aren't baptized in the Holy Spirit. And that's understandable, right?Quote:"So while I have not seen a legitimate experience of tongues, I am neither promoting nor discrediting the experience."Good for you. I truly appreciate such humility. Quote:"What I am saying is there is sometimes an un-Biblical emphasis given to the gift of tongues."Agreed. Yet I have seen that this wonderful gift of the Holy Spirit is often dishonored and misunderstood. I think it's understandable when things might get overemphasized for a short season when they've been completely neglected for a long season, as with tongues.While Paul may not have written a lot on tongues, what he did write jumps off the page. I mean, the impression his statements on tongues makes are powerful, at least to me. The fact that Paul wished that everyone spoke in tongues and that he also claimed to do it more than anyone else startles me. Doesn't it you? So what I'm getting at is that while it's not emphasized in quantity, it's emphasized in quality, if you will. Quote:"'1 Cor 14:5-"for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues.'What I'm trying to say is this: how could someone read the above verse, and then tell someone that doesn't speak in tongues that they can't preach?"I think it's because they see tongues as the initial evidence of the baptism. It's just the beginning. But it's a minimum requirement. I'm not sure, but they might say that prophecy is a higher level evidence of the baptism, or at least that's the idea. But they just want to make sure that all of their ministers are at least baptized in the Holy Spirit which they believe is evidenced by speaking in tongues.

So the baptism in the Holy Ghost goes always with the speaking of tongues?I myself have asked for this but not received it yet.Yesterday I listened to a sermon 'Hindrances to holiness', I thought this was about what would stop you from leading a holy life. But infact the sermon was about why one would not get baptised with the Holy Spirit. I thought this was confusing, the speaker implied that the listener was living a life of defeat and you felt a failure. I think its weird, sure I would like to speak in tongues as it would build yourself up. But I don't feel like I'm a failure, I feel like that I am led by God.Perhaps I'm not ready for it, I will just continue to seek God till He knows I'm ready then.

I posted this in the other thread but thought I would here too.I've heard accounts of demonic manifestations of "tougues." Just because someone speaks in tougues doesn't mean they are filled with the Holy Ghost. I do belive in the baptism of the Holy Ghost pentecostally. In other words that when you are baptised in the Holy Ghost you will speak in tougues. That doctrine has been discussed I'm sure in other threads so lets not get into it here. My only hurt about what the pentcostals have done to this doctrine is that I belive there are alot of "shallow baptisms" if that makes sense. What I mean by that is alot of people have spoke in tougues but have not recived that power as a true Baptism of the Holy Ghost would bring. Many in the pentecostal realm have seeked speaking in tougues rather than the baptism of the Holy Ghost.