Speaking inTongues has always been a controversial subject . Growing up in a Pentecostal church I did not question the practice In the 1960's the mainline churches began to accept the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and sought for renewal in their various denominations. They put more emphasis on tongues as a prayer language to be used on a daily basis in order to build up a person and to pray in a way that got to the root of a problem.