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๐‘ป๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’–๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’“ ๐‘ป๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’–๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’‡๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’?

๐‘ป๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’–๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’“ ๐‘ป๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’–๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’‡๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ ? ( ๐ด ๐‘†๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐ธ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘‡๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐ด๐‘ง๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐พ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘Ž ) Introduction: A Revival that Spoke in Tongues The Pentecostal movement was birthed in an atmosphere of spiritual hunger and supernatural expectation. In the early 1900s, a small prayer meeting on Azusa Street in Los Angeles exploded into a worldwide revival, marked by a dramatic outpouring of the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues. This phenomenon, interpreted as a sign of Spirit baptism, soon crossed continents, reaching Kerala, India—where early pioneers like Pastor K.E. Abraham and others helped lay the foundations of Indian Pentecostalism. However, as the movement matured, so did the confusion—especially concerning the role of speaking in tongues in private and public worship. What began as a genuine spiritual gift has at times e...