Title: Crocodile kills Ethiopian pastor during lake baptism Source:
BBC URL Source:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44366360 Published:Jun 5, 2018 Author:BBC Post Date:2018-06-05 09:37:22 by Willie Green Keywords:None Views:2897 Comments:19
A crocodile has killed a Protestant pastor who was baptising followers near a lake in southern Ethiopia.
Docho Eshete was conducting the ceremony for about 80 people on Sunday morning at Lake Abaya in Arba Minch town's Merkeb Tabya district.
Residents and police told BBC Amharic a crocodile leapt from the water during the baptism and attacked him.
Pastor Docho died after being bitten on his legs, back and hands.
"He baptised the first person and he passed on to another one. All of a sudden, a crocodile jumped out of the lake and grabbed the pastor," local resident Ketema Kairo told the BBC.
Despite huge efforts, fishermen and residents could not save pastor Docho, policeman Eiwnetu Kanko said.
They used fishing nets to prevent the crocodile from taking the pastor's body into the lake.
BTW,you KNOW people are lazy when they have had firearms for a couple of hundred years,and crocks are still eating their children.
Not to mention they still don't have running water and have to bathe and wash their clothes in water with crocs swimming in it.
In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.
#12. To: Liberator, redleghunter, not called by God to be eaten by croc (#11)(Edited)
performing his ministerial calling
At least I'm not cheering it on as a "ministerial calling".
Let me state the obvious for you twos benefit - find some water without crocs for your religious events!
You won't find anything in the Bible about groups jumping into a suicidal situation, and God will save you. This guy is not a lot different from a Islamic belt bomber, he's headed to commit suicide, and take lots of people with him.
Sounded to me like you were disappointed there weren't more deaths.
I'm delighted that they were spared and given the opportunity to repent and seek out a pro-life church.
I wonder how many that pastor converted to Catholicism with his crocodile stunt? Pope Francis might even write up a paper on the parable of the pastor and the croc, who knows.
Pope Francis does Ethiopia - Pope Francis with Eritrean and Ethiopian Bishops LOsservatore Romano
January 20, 2015 -- The Holy Father, Pope Francis has erected a new Diocese in Ethiopia which will be known as the Diocese of Bahir Dar Dessie. In another development, Pope Francis has also erected the Metropolitan Church of Asmara in Eritrea.
The new diocese in Ethiopia has joined together the two districts of Bahir Dar and Dessie. The new diocese or eparchy will have as its new Bishop, Lisane-Christos Matheos. Until his appointment today, Bishop Matheos has been the Auxiliary Bishop of Addis Ababa.
The new Bishop of Bahir Dar Dessie, Lisane-Christos Matheos was born in 1959 in Addis Ababa. He was ordained priest in 1988 and holds a degree in spirituality from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. The headquarters of the new diocese will be in Bahir Dar.
Sounds to me like you stayed awake in Sunday school to get this spot on. Prophet Daniel was saved by the grace of God after he was being put to the test by those who wanted to deliver him to the lions.