“They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them”: Mark 16:18 King James Bible. The Holiness Serpent Handlers, a group of born-again Pentecostal Christians deep in Appalachia, have taken this verse to be the base of their Apostolic movement. Holy Ghost Fire The Ecstasy of Randy Wolford is an unflinching look into their tragic service on Sunday, May 27, 2012, and a vital artifact of one of the darkest corners of American Religion.