Snake handlers dwell at the edge of the spiritual frontier — a community of people who are willing to die for their faith three times a week in church. Members of the Pentecostal Holiness Church take ...

SERPENTS IN SCRIPTUREPractitioners of serpent handling point to the following Biblical verse as the origin of their form of worship:"And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they ...

(CNN) — In the close-knit town of Middlesboro, Kentucky, almost everyone knew what was happening inside the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name Church — including Police Chief Jeff Sharpe. Despite a ...

(ABCNEWS) -- A 'serpent-handling' West Virginia pastor died after his rattlesnake bit him during a church ritual, just as the man had apparently watched a snake kill his father years before.

The first snake-handling worship service photographer Lauren Pond attended wasn't at all what she expected. In photos of other services, she had seen snakes, fire, and poison-drinking. But this one, ...

A snake-handling preacher, who refused treatment until it was too late, died after being bitten during a religious service in a remote state park in West Virginia last weekend. Subscribe to read this ...

Series to debut in September on National Geographic Channel Pastor says he welcomes attention show will bring Sixteen episodes are planned so far NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A pair of serpent-handling ...

Two weeks ago, NPR reported on a group of Pentecostals in Appalachia who handle snakes in church to prove their faith in God. The story got us thinking: Why are the handlers bitten so rarely, and why ...

Jacob Grey raises his hands in Pastor Andrew's church. Snake handlers dwell at the edge of the spiritual frontier -- a community of people who are willing to die for their faith three times a week in ...

Pastor Jamie Coots says his Pentecostal church is really not that different from other churches. "We sing, we preach, we testify, take up... Snake-Handling Preachers Open Up About 'Takin' Up Serpents' ...