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In October 2015, 19-year-old Lucas Leonard died from injuries sustained during repeated and severe beatings at the Word of Life Christian Church in Chadwicks, New York. The beatings were part of "spiritual counseling" for Lucas and his 17-year old brother Christopher, who survived with severe injuries.
An example of divine retribution is the story found in many cultures about a great flood destroying all of humanity, as described in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Hindu Vedas, or the Book of Genesis (6:9–8:22), leaving one principal 'chosen' survivor.
The former Homestead Heritage members described the church as a “cult” that limits people’s autonomy and controls nearly every aspect of their lives under the threat of salvation.
The term "cult" first appeared in English in 1617, derived from the French culte, meaning "worship" which in turn originated from the Latin word cultus meaning "care, cultivation, worship". The meaning "devotion to a person or thing" is from 1829. Starting about 1920, "cult" acquired an additional six or more positive and negative definitions.
Jon and Andrew Erwin, graduates of the Word of Life Bible Institute and filmmakers most known for their 2018 film I Can Only Imagine J. D. Greear (born 1973), author and pastor of The Summit Church Benjamin Laird, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies in the Rawlings School of Divinity at Liberty University , [ 5 ] and author
"Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults" (Max) In 1997, 39 members of Heaven’s Gate , a celibate religious sect, died in a mass ritual suicide timed to the approach of the Hale-Bopp Comet.
John Robert Stevens (August 7, 1919 – June 4, 1983) was an American pastor and cult leader who founded The Living Word Fellowship in the 1950s and was the leader of the organization until his death. [1] Stevens was born in Story County, Iowa.
Word of Life Bible Church started on November 15, 1987, by Ayo Oritsejafor and his first wife, Stella, inside a warehouse in Plot 12, Enerhen, Uvwie, central district of Delta. [6] Ayo was a Church of God Mission International pastor, under the leadership of Archbishop B.A. Idahosa, but after receiving a mandate from God, he founded Word of ...