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A fact from Death of Lucas Leonard appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 November 2015 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the church at which a young man was beaten to death was described by its neighbors as a "cult" where people "used to build fires on the roofs, and there was chanting and weird rituals"? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2015/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Death of Lucas Leonard.

tho the New York Times article was in the Metro section, and the church may have disbanded, a search shows a church of that name in Rochester, which isn't very close, but is closer to Clayville where the pictured house is located. Jweaver28 ( talk) 15:55, 22 November 2015 (UTC) reply

These links might be useful references for this article. If you use a link, then delete only the link you use. • Sbmeirow • Talk • 01:04, 23 October 2016 (UTC) reply

• http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2016/09/word_of_life_case_sarah_ferguson_sentenced_to.html
• http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2016/07/7_things_we_discovered_from_word_of_life_murder_trial.html
• http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/nyregion/christopher-leonard-in-court-tells-of-attacks-at-word-of-life-church-that-killed-brother.html
• http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/nyregion/lucas-leonard-beating-death-at-upstate-new-york-church.html
• http://globalnews.ca/news/3019321/teen-beaten-to-death-at-church-counselling-session-pastor-pleads-guilty/

"...an ordinary Pentecostal church before becoming ever more cult-like after pastor Jerry Irwin retook control..." What is meant by "retook" control? Fp cassini ( talk) 09:59, 17 February 2019 (UTC) reply