Click to join the conversation with over 500,000 Pentecostal believers and scholars
Click to get our FREE MOBILE APP and stay connected
| PentecostalTheology.com
“In the early 1900’s a small group of church members made up of Pentecostal, Church of God and Southern Baptists began practicing what came to be known as Snake Handling. They shall pick up serpents through their faith in God that no harm shall come to the ones who believe and trust in his name .Many of these type Church Services took place around where l grew up in Birchwood, Tennessee. Certainly not everyone participated in these events, but seemed to have the knowledge that it was happening. Throughout the years this practice has faded out around my little home town.But still there are people that continue to practice it today.”
Stan Wayne
Ignorance of Mark 16 and Acts 28
Varnel Watson
Stop handle serpents and cast demons out and try fulfilling the Great Commission
Stan Wayne
As I say ignorance of Mark 16 and Acts 28
Varnel Watson
Street Preacherz OP comes from Will Hindman of Birchwood, Tennessee in the Appalachian Americans group. I think Jim Price is memeber there too. Here is the OP link https://www.facebook.com/groups/AppalachianAmericans/permalink/10154458593528648/?match=YmlyY2h3b29k
Street Preacherz
Thank you.
Jim Price
Yeah in late September of 1952 I saw the Dolly Pond group handle snakes on the courthouse square in Cleveland,Tn. two were bitten, one died the next day and the other one barely survived. After that the city forbid that kind of service on the square.
Street Preacherz
Thank you. What kind of thing do you think makes people do that? I love the Bible too. But isn’t that like tempting the Lord? Is it a translation thing?
Josh
That’s Minnie Parker, my Great Grandma. Lived to be 98 years old and I was one of her pallbearers. We had to carry her across the street and up a slick grassy hill to a hand dug grave and lower her by hand to rest by her husband who died in the 70’s.
Varnel Watson
JOHN STOKES left this comment on http://www.pentecostaltheology.com/
That’s Minnie Parker, my Great Grandma. Lived to be 98 years old and I was one of her pallbearers. We had to carry her across the street and up a slick grassy hill to a hand dug grave and lower her by hand to rest by her husband who died in the 70’s.
Nettie Miller
No snake handleing for me !!
Varnel Watson
why not?
Daniel J Hesse
You did not!
Varnel Watson
did what?
Darryl Forbes
On a lighter note. (kinda). I remember reading that A J Tomlinson visited a snake handling church and decided that it was NOT to be a part of the Church of God. Had he decided differently, I GUARANTEE that the Church of God, Church of God of prophecy, and other groups that trace their modern day roots to him would NOT contain the large number of Black members they contain today. I KNOW this man wouldn’t be a member ???
Varnel Watson
you REALLY need to check your info and read your Bible my brother
here Snake handling in the Dolly Pond Church of God which was and is still to this today A cogop church
http://www.pentecostaltheology.com/snake-handling-in-the-dolly-pond-church-of-god/
here from your EVANGEL Tomlinson invited snake handling in his churches AND stated he received power to handle the serpent himself You and I BOTH know why it was later taken out of cog/cogop
http://www.pentecostaltheology.com/snake-handling-in-1915-church-of-god-revival-in-southside-tennessee/
Does this have to do with one George Hensley witnessing a 1910 serpent handling at an outside church service in Cleveland, Tennessee? http://www.pentecostaltheology.com/snake-handling-in-the-dolly-pond-church-of-god/