A news article I saw today indicates that the Word of Life Christian Church in New Hartford, New York where Lucas Leonard was beaten to death "started out as a fast-growing Pentecostal church". This is the first time I've seen the word Pentecostal used to describe this church, but I am not at all surprised.
I think many, many pente churches, as well as many other cultish fundamental churches, have leadership who are only a tiny ways away from going over the edge into this sort of nightmarish, pathological, tyrannical conduct.
Lucas Leonard, age 19, was murdered because he wanted to leave the church. My heart is broken over this. Thinking back over the years I've been a member of this forum and about the people who have come and gone, or some have come and stayed, it really hurts me that there was nothing and nobody available to this young man to help him find his way. Think about how scared he must have been!! I'm heartbroken and I'm mad as hell. What can be done to stop this???????
I think many, many pente churches, as well as many other cultish fundamental churches, have leadership who are only a tiny ways away from going over the edge into this sort of nightmarish, pathological, tyrannical conduct.
Lucas Leonard, age 19, was murdered because he wanted to leave the church. My heart is broken over this. Thinking back over the years I've been a member of this forum and about the people who have come and gone, or some have come and stayed, it really hurts me that there was nothing and nobody available to this young man to help him find his way. Think about how scared he must have been!! I'm heartbroken and I'm mad as hell. What can be done to stop this???????
