He preached about the restoration of spiritual gifts in the modern church, and tongues and prophecies were said to be manifest in his church. Parnham was a former Methodist minister who left the church to become an itinerant holiness preacher. The first experience of grace, Christians assert, occurs when a believer accepts Christ as Savior, or personally accepts the Christian faith. Asserting the need for a second act of grace is controversial because it alleges that merely accepting the Christian faith is not enough to lead a fully Christian life. However, they differ over the meaning of tongues.
Tongues is paramount in Pentecostal worship.
Tongue-speaking is spontaneous, and worshipers speak either as a congregation, singly, or both. If you have not spoken in tongues, it's easy to feel out of place in Penteocostal worship. On countless occasions, I have gone to the altar, even had hands laid on me, to be able to speak in tongues. Let God have your tongue. Whatever flows though your mind.