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Snake handling at the Church of God with Signs Following at Lejunior in Harlan County, Kentucky, 15 September 1946 ().Photo by Russell Lee.. Snake handling, also called serpent handling, is a religious rite observed in a small number of isolated churches, mostly in the United States, usually characterized as rural and part of the Holiness movement.
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.
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 ...
The church was founded in 1978 by his grandfather Tommy Coots. Jamie's son Cody Coots is now the pastor. [citation needed] Jamie Coots began handling snakes at age 23. He worked primarily as a truck driver for a mine. [3] His status as a serpent handler meant Coots traveled circuits to other churches, often with Punkin Brown. [4]
The narrator presents various activities the church partakes in, such as snake handling, speaking in tongues, and four- to six-hour-long meetings at the church multiple times a week. The narrators explain that while people are often bitten while handling the snakes, mainly copperheads, they refuse medical help.
Jolo (pronounced "Joe-Lowe") is an unincorporated community on West Virginia Route 83 in McDowell County in the U.S. state of West Virginia.The community was mentioned in the book Salvation on Sand Mountain by Dennis Covington for being the home of the Church of the Lord Jesus with Signs Following, a renowned snake handling church.
Hegseth’s church, Pilgrim Hill, is among 50 the denomination added between 2020-2024, a 41% growth in U.S. congregations now totaling 120, according to an analysis of the CREC’s church directory.
Rev Andy Croft says he has been “deeply impacted” by “abusive behaviour” of church’s founder Mike Pilavachi