I know what the Bible says about spiritual gifts, but what exactly is Biblical about speaking in tongues? For example, the Bible says not to speak in tongues unless there is an interpreter, but we recently went to a prayer meeting with about twenty other people from another church that is not a Calvary Chapel. When the meeting started, they all began to speak in different tongues, and it made things so difficult to concentrate and sort of freaked us out. It was so unorderly and confusing. Is this wrong or is it okay? There was no interpreter present, but it wasn’t exactly a church setting - we were at someone’s house.

To add to this question: these people believe that once you are baptized in the Holy Spirit you have all of the gifts, and you can use them at any given time even if you make mistakes. I don’t think that I personally have have been given the gift of tongues yet, but there were trying to encourage me to practice anyways. I don’t feel I should just practice if I haven’t received the gift yet. Sorry for so many questions, but we are very confused. Please help. Thank you.

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