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Hensley was a minister of the Church of God, now known as the Church of God (Cleveland), founded by Richard Spurling and A. J. Tomlinson.In 1922, Hensley resigned from the Church of God, [10] citing "trouble in the home"; [11] his resignation marked the zenith of the practice of snake handling in the denomination, with the Church of God disavowing the practice of snake handling during the 1920s.
George Went Hensley (May 2, 1881 – July 25, 1955) was an American Pentecostal minister best known for popularizing the practice of snake handling.A native of rural Appalachia, Hensley experienced a religious conversion around 1910: on the basis of his interpretation of scripture, he came to believe that the New Testament commanded all Christians to handle venomous snakes.
West Virginia — Rev. Williams, of Columbus, Ohio, was bitten while handling a snake during a religious service in Switzer, on April 4, 1974. [91] October 28, 1973 Shirley Wagers, 72, male: Rattlesnake: Kentucky — Wagers was bitten by a rattlesnake during a religious service in the Pentecostal Holiness Church near London. He died from the ...
The son of a snake-handling preacher who died from a poisonous snake bite just months ago was bitten by an even bigger rattlesnake. "Cody Coots said he followed his father's advice to not panic ...
The world's preeminent scholar of Appalachian serpent handling sects, Hood created a measurement scale that was widely used in psychedelic research; he also helped launch the studies at Johns Hopkins.
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 ...
Snake handling may refer to: Snake handler, a person who professionally handles snakes; Snake handling in Christianity, the religious practice involving handling snakes
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