Snake handling churches interpret Mark 16 literally, believing true believers will take up serpents without harm. During ...

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' ...

Members of a North Carolina church continued to handle snakes after a 1947 police raid, officials said. Screengrab from the Museum of Durham History on Facebook A snake-handling church was the target ...

Authorities say Pastor Brock was bitten on his left arm and refused medical treatment According to the Kentucky sheriff's office, John David Brock of Stoney Fork was handling a snake during a Sunday ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - A West Virginia preacher who followed his father into the rare practice of handling snakes to prove faith in God died after being bitten during an outdoor service involving the ...

Andrew Hamblin handles poisonous snakes every Sunday in the name of Jesus. At just 22, he leads Tabernacle Church of God in LaFollette, Tenn., a Pentecostal church that practices a rare, century-old ...