Posted on 10/30/2005 5:51:37 PM PST by aculeus
A US pastor performing a baptism was electrocuted inside his Texas church when he grabbed a microphone while partially submerged, a church employee said.
The Reverend Kyle Lake, 33, was standing in water up to his shoulder in a baptismal in front of 800 people at University Baptist Church when he was electrocuted yesterday, said Jamie Dudley, a church business administrator.
Doctors in the congregation unsuccessfully performed chest compressions for 40 minutes, Dudley said.
The woman Lake was baptising was not injured, Dudley said.
Pastors at University Baptist Church routinely use a microphone during baptisms, Dudley said.
"He was grabbing the microphone so everyone could hear," Dudley said.
"It's the only way you can be loud enough."
About 800 people attended the morning service, which was larger than normal because it was homecoming weekend at nearby Baylor University, Dudley said.
Lake, who had a wife and three children, had been at the church for nine years, the last seven as pastor, Dudley said.
AP
Hey,
The Big Guy just reached out and took him home.
He died in the saddle. Reason to celebrate ( I'm Irish).
Thats the problem with doing the Lords work.
Every thing you teach may have to be demonstrated, on the spot!! This is a good reminder that the Lord is always
with us and can intervene at any time, any time at all.
Bless him and his family. May they all receive the kindness of heaven.
Something is wrong with this story. I would have thought that they would all have dropped to their knees and prayed. No mention that.
I could've read nicer replys at the DUmp.
That is true and some either don't get that or they are simply trying to appear "holier-than-thou".
What happened to this pastor-in-a-tub is indeed a tragedy and I think it was more a case of absent-mindedness than stupidity. Years ago, I rented a hotel room with a hot tub and before I got into it, I put my portable radio on the edge of it so I could listen to it while I sat in there. After about a half hour of soaking, I came to the sudden realization that if this radio (which was plugged into a wall outlet) was to fall into the tub, I'd probably be a dead man! So I very carefully (but quickly) got out of the tub and moved the radio a safe distance away.
SO this kind of thing could happen to any one of us.
I do want to go on record that if I ever was to die a tragic death, I give full permission for others here to make puns about me, nominate me for the Darwin award and come up with other witticisms that might apply to the circumstances my sudden demise. I would expect nothing less!
All of us are going to go sooner or later. I'd rather go out with a whimper than with a bang, but I don't think I have much choice in the matter.
A pastor not ready for heaven
Should not crank the amp to eleven.
Is this the current thread on this topic?
Apparently there are alternating current posts on this topic.
I would wager that there is a University Baptist Church in Lubbock, Dallas, College Station, Austin, and any other place that has a University in their city.
Well on such a touchy topic one cannot be too direct.
I tell everyone that in my twenties I didn't think I would ever die.In my thirties I hoped to be found dead with a twenty-one year old girl on top of me.In my forties I hoped to be found dead with a fishing pole in my hand.Now approaching fifty I just hope to not die at work.
I think so, unless I get a "no thanks" when I hit this post button.
Yeah. Someting is wrong.
First of all it happened at the University Baptist Church in Waco, Texas,
Secondly, the church took this pretty hard.Perhaps foul play may not have been ruled out yet.
Their usual web site is down, even the cached pages have been wiped off google, and they put up a holding page:
http://www.ubcwaco.org/2004/ubc_holder.html
Yes. The previous thread was zapped.
Portable bullhorn.
It is probably best to switch the subject.
While interest in this story is surging, we do need to suppress it on account of some people having short fuses.
Thanks for the info at least I'm on solid ground.
You mean we should reverse the polarity?
Some posters have been given a lot of static.
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