A snake-handling church was the target of a bizarre police raid 76 years ago in North Carolina, historians said. On Nov. 1, 1947, a venomous copperhead snake was seized from Zion Tabernacle Church in ...

The possible jokes all write themselves: Jamie Coots, a Pentecostal preacher known for his flamboyant snake-handling, died late Saturday from – wait for it – a rattlesnake bite for which he refused to ...

KINGSTON, Ga. -- The congregation was on its feet singing the old gospel favorite I Saw the Light when the Rev. Carl Porter put aside his Bible and reached behind the pulpit for the wooden snake box.

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' ...

Channel 5 visits a West Virginia snake-handling church, exploring its unique faith and practices. The documentary also delves into the church's history and the community's struggles. Faith, tradition, ...

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 ...

In southern West Virginia Pastor Mack Wolford leads one of the few remaining snake handling churches in the United States His family is deeply tied to the faith Mack was a child when he lost his ...