In a story Feb. 26 about a snake-handling preacher who recently died from a bite, The Associated Press reported erroneously the number of deaths each year from snake bites in the United States. Around ...

Three days after pastor Jamie Coots died from a rattlesnake bite at church, mourners leaving the funeral went to the church to handle snakes. Coots, who appeared on the National Geographic Channel's ...

Snake handling began near Chattanooga in 1910 when Pastor George Hensley said he was commanded by God to "take up serpents." He was inspired by the book of Mark chapter 16:18. Hensley helped to spread ...

(RNS) — When Andrew Hamblin walks into church to preach on a Sunday morning, he brings along death in a box. If the Holy Spirit moves him during the service, he will open the box’s hinged glass lid ...

Jacob Grey raises his hands in Pastor Andrew's church. Snake handlers dwell at the edge of the spiritual frontier -- a community of people who are willing to die for their faith three times a week in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... MIDDLESBORO, Ky. — Three days after pastor Jamie Coots died from a rattlesnake bite at church, mourners leaving the funeral went to the church to handle ...

How should we respond to the news of the recent death of another snake-handling Christian? I can tell you a few ways that have been tried: condescension; amusement; disbelief; mockery; advocacy; and ...

Editor’s Note: Danny Cevallos, a CNN legal analyst, is a criminal defense attorney practicing in Philadelphia, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The recent death of the “snake-handling” pastor of ...

From the early days of their movement, Pentecostals have been reluctant to embrace the film industry. In the early 1900s, adherents warned that theaters were hunting grounds for white slavers.

For many people, the illegal and deadly ritual that killed a Middlesboro, Ky., pastor is difficult to understand. But professors who study snake handling say worshipers are very aware of the risks ...