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I assume you mean "only" evidence rather than "olly". I don't think that the AOG ever officially believed that the speaking in tongues was the only evidence of receiving fullness of the Holy spirit, but I have heard many practically say that. I have also seen many who have spoke in tongues whose life does not reflect the fullness of the Holy spirit (IMO). Fullness of the Holy Spirit may mean different things to different people.Yes, many AOG churches still have those type of messages, but with less emphasis.
However, some of the larger chruches forbid those messages in the services; saying these type messages are for smaller groups of Christians. I think the reason for the limitations are that the large churches would probably get too many messages and they need to do keep order in the services. BTW, when I joined my current large SBC church, they had the same limited policy in the new member class concerning tongues or other messages. The class teacher said all messages need the prior approval of the Pastor.
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The AoG has always held to the Tongues as being THE ONLY
sign of having received the "Baptism of the HG"...