What happened to Jamie Coots?

What happened to Jamie Coots?

Gregory James Coots (November 17, 1971 – February 15, 2014) was a Pentecostal pastor in Kentucky who was featured in the National Geographic Channel reality television show Snake Salvation, which documented the lives of people who practice snake handling. Coots died from a rattlesnake bite during a service.

What happened to Cody Coots?

Cody Coots is following in his father’s footsteps, serving as a pastor in a church. Like his father, Coots is a snake handler. And like his father, he was bitten by a rattlesnake while leading a service in front of his Pentecostal congregation. Fortunately for Coots, he survived the rattlesnake attack.

What denomination is snake handlers?

Practiced by a small fraction of rural charismatic Protestants, snake handling is often identified with the Church of God with Signs Following or other holiness churches.

How many snake handlers have died?

Williamson said he has documented 91 snake bite deaths among serpent handlers since 1919; Between 350 and 400 people die from snake bites in the U.S. each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

What happened to Jamie Coots daughter?

Melissa Saylor, 49, and Katrina Coots, 26, died at the scene of the car crash, while they were on their way home from Crockett-Saylor Pentecostal Church.

Is Pastor Jamie Coots still alive?

Deceased (1971–2014)
Jamie Coots/Living or Deceased

Who is Katrina Coots?

Katrina Coots,26, was a passenger. The vehicle dropped off the right side of the road and hit a guardrail, according to the report. Then the PT Cruiser crossed the center line and hit a 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer driven by Angela Eldridge, 46, who was traveling east. Saylor and Coots were pronounced dead at the scene.

Do Pentecostals still handle snakes?

The tradition of snake-handling in some Pentecostal churches is almost as old as the movement. Today, it is practiced in independent congregations in rural Appalachia. Mainstream denominations reject the practice.

Which snake has killed the most humans?

saw-scaled viper
The saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus) may be the deadliest of all snakes, since scientists believe it to be responsible for more human deaths than all other snake species combined.

How is Pentecostal different from Christianity?

Pentecostalism is a form of Christianity that emphasises the work of the Holy Spirit and the direct experience of the presence of God by the believer. Pentecostals believe that faith must be powerfully experiential, and not something found merely through ritual or thinking. Pentecostalism is energetic and dynamic.