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 ...

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 ...

A snake was allegedly vomited by a church member during a deliverance session in a white garment church, sparking panic and ...

Abe Partridge’s very first visit to a serpent-handling church exposed him to something that changed his outlook entirely. And it wasn’t the snakes. It was the music. Unknown songs, wrapped up ...

His church has continued to hold services with snakes on Friday nights and Sundays since the raid. Despite the publicity, National Geographic did not renew the reality-TV show for a second season.

In many ways, the house church leaders exemplify Matthew 10:16. But they also embody another popular Chinese idiom: xu yi wei yi. The phrase refers to yielding outwardly while remaining steadfast ...

Held in a small, mountainous village, this festival has it all: snakes, charmers, religion, science. See for yourself — and try not to squirm. A snake handler waiting outside the Church of St ...

This is the hilarious moment firefighters were called in to capture a snake that slithered into a church in Calabria, Italy on August 29. The 4ft serpent proved to be more slippery than the ...

The last snake-handling church in the US features a preacher wielding a poisonous reptile while a makeshift band of old women blast out rock music. Hidden away in the Appalachian Mountains in West ...

Claremont United Church of Christ pastor Jacob Buchholz is a contestant on a reality TV competition show called “The Snake." ...

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 ...

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 ...