Saw this posted somewhere and thought it was worth sharing… oh my!
Texas pastor electrocuted during baptism
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WACO, Texas — A pastor performing a baptism was electrocuted inside his church Sunday morning after adjusting a nearby microphone while standing in water, a church employee said.
The Rev. Kyle Lake, 33, was stepping into the baptistery as he reached out for the microphone, which produced an electric shock, said University Baptist Church community pastor Ben Dudley.
Water in a baptistery usually reaches above the waist, said Byron Weathersbee, interim university chaplain at Baylor University.
Lake was pronounced dead at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, nursing supervisor Pat Mahl said. The woman being baptized apparently had not stepped into the water and was not seriously injured.
Not to be crass, but I think we’ll be using wireless mics for baptisms from now on. Yikes. I mean, our sound system has 3000 watts of juice. Multiply that in water… yeah… we’ll be using wireless from now on.
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