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2. Snake handling in Christianity - Wikipedia

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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.

3. George Went Hensley - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. List of fatal snake bites in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Florida — A young man became seriously ill and died as a result of a snake bite while handling a snake during one of George Went Hensley's religious services in Bartow, Florida. Shortly after, the town of Bartow passed a law that banned snake handling. [120] September 25, 1906: Frank Benham, 2, male: Prairie rattlesnake

5. ‘Copperhead cuddlers?’ Snake-handling church target of odd NC ...

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   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 ...

6. Snake handling - Wikipedia

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   Snake handling may refer to: Snake handler, a person who professionally handles snakes; Snake handling in Christianity, the religious practice involving handling snakes

7. Kentucky snake-handling pastor bitten by snake - AOL

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   Cody Coots, a pastor at one of America's last snake-handling churches, is bitten on the ear by a rattlesnake in a shocking video.

8. Son of late snake-handling preacher gets bitten by even ... - AOL

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   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 ...

9. Talk:Snake handling in Christianity/Archive 1 - Wikipedia

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   6 Snake handling among early Christians. 3 comments. 7 Snake handling churches. 4 comments Toggle Snake handling churches subsection. 7.1 Follow-up. 8 Occultic. 5 ...