Two weeks ago, NPR reported on a group of Pentecostals in Appalachia who handle snakes in church to prove their faith in God. The story got us thinking: Why are the handlers bitten so rarely, and why ...

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' ...

Authorities say Pastor Brock was bitten on his left arm and refused medical treatment John David Brock, 60, of Stoney Fork, was handling the snake during a Sunday service at the Mossy Simpson ...

A Kentucky pastor who starred in a reality TV show about snake-handling has died after being bitten by a poisonous snake. Pentecostal pastor Jamie Coots, a third-generation “serpent handler,” believed ...

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 ...

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 ...

National Geographic Channel series will air a tribute to "Snake Salvation" star Jamie Coots on Thursday. Coots died Saturday after being bitten by a rattlesnake during a church service and refusing ...

The Signs Followers of America are drawn to handle venomous snakes because the Bible tells them so. One of those men, Kentucky pastor Jamie Coots, died on Saturday after refusing treatment for a ...

NASHVILLE (Reuters) - A Kentucky snake-handling preacher who appeared in a television show about the religious practice died of a snakebite after refusing medical treatment, authorities said on Sunday ...

Earlier this month, NPR reported on a small group of Pentecostal Christians who handle snakes to prove their faith in God. We wondered why the... Serpent Experts Try To Demystify Pentecostal Snake ...