Danger near the Pulpit

This is a story I truly cannot mock. I feel sinful for even considering doing so.

They warn you not to dry your hair in the bathtub because of possible electrocution. Horror movies have portrayed murder by dropping a radio into the tub. Who would ever worry about a similar fate at church. A Baptist pastor in Waco, TX--makes you think--was electrocuted while performing a baptism.

Baptisms in the Baptist church require full immersion. Pastor and baptizee stand in waist deep water and the pastor carefully dunks the person backwards. (You've seen the films portraying John the Baptist) In this day and age, though, people actually want to hear the pastor during the ritual. Welcome microphones. In this situation, the microphone caused a shock that killed him. The person being baptized had not stepped into the water, thus was unharmed.

The church will move forward even as they struggle with this tragedy.