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          Texas Pastor Electrocuted While Performing Baptism

A pastor performing a baptism was electrocuted inside his church Sunday morning after grabbing a microphone while partially submerged, a church employee said.

The Rev. Kyle Lake, 33, was standing in water up to his shoulder in a baptismal at University Baptist Church when he was electrocuted, said Jamie Dudley, a church business administrator and wife of another pastor there.

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      Texas Pastor Electrocuted While Performing Baptism

WACO, Texas (AP) - A pastor performing a baptism was electrocuted inside his church Sunday morning after grabbing a microphone while partially submerged, a church employee said.

The Rev. Kyle Lake, 33, was standing in water up to his shoulder in a baptismal at University Baptist Church when he was electrocuted, said Jamie Dudley, a church business administrator and wife of another pastor there.

Doctors in the congregation performed chest compressions for 40 minutes before Lake was taken to Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, Dudley said. Police said they weren't called and the hospital referred calls to the church.

The woman Lake was baptizing 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

Comments

[Phoenix]

>Lake, who had a wife and three children,<

So. He kicked the bucket?? oh. That's sad.

Does 'electrocuted' mean killed? I got electrocuted once but I'm still here. The article makes the word 'electrocuted' mean killed.

[Steel]

Yes, 'electrocuted' is the past tense of electrocute.

It connotes death.

This is one of the reasons why it was employed as a form of execution.

Being zapped on your ass is not the same.

[TINA]

It makes you wonder whether God was saying, that's it, you've done enough, time to come home, or perhaps he was tired of being misquoted.Either way, it is a cautionary tale against using a microphone while standing in water, eh?

[Turtle]

Sometimes we put GOD in the middle of everything - I believe God perhaps was saying: "That's it, you've done enough" i.e. You've been dumb enough for long enough - YOU DO NOT USE ELECTRICITY NEAR WATER...especially while submerged.

Now - we can be certain that 800 of the "faithful" will never do that sort of thing.

It's very sad...VERY VERY SAD.

God Bless & Comfort his poor family!