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GLORYLAND, an exhibition at the Fahey/Klein Gallery offers an 'intimate perspective' into the last remaining Sign Following Pentecostal serpent-handling church in West Virginia. The church, run by the Wolford family, sees preachers handle snakes, ingest poison and handle fire in unusual services. Their rituals  based on the bible passage Mark 16: 17 which reads: 'In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues. They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.'

The last snake-handling church of West Virginia: In pictures

Preaching with venom! Incredible images show the last remaining serpent-handling church of…