The Challenge We are going to present (and prove) a number of concepts in this study that are new and even revolutionary to the student of speaking in new tongues. Among these concepts are: All men have (passively) spoken in tongues from birth, even before they spoke in their native tongue. This includes non-Christians. Speaking in tongues is a natural and normal thing to do. People were (actively) speaking in tongues hundreds of years before Christ was born. New tongues are not real languages and cannot be understood by any man. They can be understood by God because of His power. The believers in Acts Chapter Two were not speaking in new tongues. Jesus spoke in new tongues. By speaking in new tongues one can commune with God, heal the sick, and raise the dead. You can learn to (actively) speak in new tongues, and do it at will. Speaking in new tongues is for all intents and purposes gibberish. It is gibberish that only God (by His supernatural power) can understand. A spiritual thing is not necessarily a supernatural thing. Speaking in new tongues is a "merely spiritual" manifestation as opposed to a supernatural manifestation. Speaking in new tongues is not "diversities of tongues." "Diversities of tongues" is both a spiritual manifestation and a supernatural manifestation. Speaking in tongues is a co-operative effort between the spirit and the soul. Numbers. It is estimated that: 600 million humans believe in the practice of speaking in tongues. As of April 2006, 500 million humans practice speaking in tongues. The number of those speaking in tongues has increased 168 million since 1988. Denominations that promote speaking in tongues add 20 million converts to their pews each year. 100 million Catholics identify with the Charismatic movement and speaking tongues. If these statistics are true and continue. By 2025 there could be over 1.14 billion believers who practice speaking in tongues."