The Church Of The Lord Jesus With Signs located in Jolo, West Virginia is infamous for what?
Church of God with Signs Following The Church of God with Signs Following and The Church of Lord Jesus with Signs Following are the name applied to Pentecostal Holiness churches that practice snake handling and drinking poison in worship services, based on an interpretation of the following biblical passage:
James Strang James Jesse Strang (March 21, 1813 – July 9, 1856) was an American religious leader, politician and self-proclaimed monarch. In 1844 he founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite), a faction of the Latter Day Saint movement that he claimed to be the sole legitimate continuation of the Church of Christ founded by Joseph Smith fourteen years before. A major contender for leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints during the 1844 succession crisis, Strang made overtures to Brigham Young and Sidney Rigdon and all of the other church leaders to remain in their offices and support Strang's appointment by Joseph Smith, however most of the apostles rejected the appointment. Rigdon claimed leadership of the church as the senior member of the First Presidency and Young claimed it as senior member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. Strang returned to Wisconsin and established his church headquarters there, excommunicating the apostles who did not support him, including Young. During his 12 years serving as Prophet, Seer and Revelator of his church, Strang reigned for six years as the crowned "king" of an ecclesiastical monarchy that he established on Beaver Island in the US state of Michigan. Building an organization that eventually rivaled Young's in Utah, Strang gained nearly 12,000 adherents prior to his murder in 1856, after which, most of his followers rallied under Joseph Smith III and formed the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.