During the morning service on Sunday, October 30, 2005, 33-year-old Kyle Lake, pastor of the University Baptist Church (Waco, Texas), was accidentally electrocuted when he touched a microphone while standing chest-deep in the water of the church's baptistry. The person he was about to immerse escaped unharmed. Despite 40 minutes of CPR, Kyle was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital at 11:30 a.m.

Some might react to news of this tragedy by asking why someone would be in the baptistry in the first place. Why baptize anyone these days? And if you have to baptize, why not resort to sprinkling? Baptism by immersion is too messy and time-consuming. Why bother, when a few drops on the forehead will do the trick just as well? One wipe with a towel and voil