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Actually that wouldn't be a "Baptist" if they consider themselves to speak in tongues. It's one of the major differences between Baptist and Pentecostal.

The Pentecostals declare and follow Corinthians in the keep of speaking in tongues, where is the Baptist followed Apostle Paul in Acts where it declares of when the 12 Apostles are gone, the language of tongue shall go with them.

You may be thinking of, "The Assembly of God"....Which is truly a mixture of both Pentecostal and 1st Baptist.

I've seen people speak in tongues at United Baptist and Missionary Baptist churches in the deep south. I've also seen snake handling in the deep south at Baptist churches as well as exorcisms. I work with a girl who's Baptist church performs exorcisms. I have never been to an assembly of god church. I've been to Baptist churches that are miles in the country and don't have indoor plumbing. Yes...that's right...they still use out houses at the churches I used to attend as a child. They also believe that non whites will not make it into Heaven and I've heard every racial slur you can think of that pertains to Blacks and Jewish people at a Baptist church. One girl had a mixed black and white baby and the preacher called it the "N" word and said it was going to hell. He did this during his sermon and sadly the congregation stood up and said "A Man". Also, they believe you should confess your sins to God and the congregation so recently a man in my town confessed to sleeping with his sister to the church members. Yep...people are inbred in the state of Kentucky. People still sleep with their sisters and brothers and cousins and marry their cousins and have little inbred semi retarded babies all the time. Also, some of those churches don't have air conditioning even today. Sometimes I wonder if they just catch the snakes out from under the church building because there were Copperheads and Rattle snakes under the church. Also, women who wear pants are considered sinning and they will not allow any woman in pants to enter the church. They will run you out or the preacher will call you a whore and make his whole sermon about how women who wear pants are evil. If you sit on the bench in the back of the church you are considered a sinner and will be harassed to get "saved". They wash eachothers feet and it's the nastiest thing I've ever seen. I've also saw healing where they smack someone on the side of their head in order to heal them. This all happened at various Southern Baptist churches that I have attended in the past.

I don't think many of you understand what it's like where I live. There are no rules except that white people stick with whites and blacks with blacks. Every mile or two there's a church. There are two Baptist churches right in front of my house and one behind me. Each one has different rules for their congregation. They call all of the crazy stuff people do in church "being in the spirit" and so you can act any way you want and they think that God is working through you. Around here people make their own rules and any non believer in Christ wears a target. There have been times I've wondered if someone would burn my house down because of my personal beliefs.