A Decatur, Alabama mother is grieving the loss of her two year old son after he drowned in a church’s baptism tank last week.
According to the report, Brayden King was at the Pentecostal House of Prayer with his mother and 13-year-old sister as the women of the church prepared for a missionary prayer meeting. The boy’s mother had the role of narrator in a skit for the prayer meeting, so she left the boy in the care of his sister. The teen lost track of the toddler, but found him moments later unresponsive in 33 inches of water.
“I’ve been preaching 30 years, this is the first time in my ministry I’ve been speechless,” said the pastor of the Pentecostal House of Prayer.
“I know (God) is too wise to make mistakes, but in my humanity, I can’t lie. I’ve had to get on my knees.” He plans to do baptisms at another church for the time being, adds the Christian Post. “I don’t know how long it will take to heal.”
Brayden’s mother, who also has two daughters, prayed for a son after years of trying. Brayden was deemed a ‘prayer baby.’