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01-26-2005, 03:56 AM
A minister collapsed and died in mid-sentence of a sermon after saying 'And when I go to heaven ...,' his colleague said Monday.
The preacher, 69, was nearing the end of his sermon Sunday at his church when he grabbed the podium before falling to the floor, said another minister for the church.
Before collapsing, he quoted an 18th century Bible scholar who said, 'Until my work on this earth is done, I am immortal. But when my work for Christ is done ... I go to be with Jesus.'
Several members of the congregation with medical backgrounds tried to revive the minister and paramedics were called, but the pastor appeared to die instantly, the collegue said.
He had been the senior minister at the church until the late 1990s when he began traveling to Africa and the Middle East to teach pastors. The cause of death was believed to be cardiac arrest. He had bypass surgery five years earlier.
Germany or Florida?
The preacher, 69, was nearing the end of his sermon Sunday at his church when he grabbed the podium before falling to the floor, said another minister for the church.
Before collapsing, he quoted an 18th century Bible scholar who said, 'Until my work on this earth is done, I am immortal. But when my work for Christ is done ... I go to be with Jesus.'
Several members of the congregation with medical backgrounds tried to revive the minister and paramedics were called, but the pastor appeared to die instantly, the collegue said.
He had been the senior minister at the church until the late 1990s when he began traveling to Africa and the Middle East to teach pastors. The cause of death was believed to be cardiac arrest. He had bypass surgery five years earlier.
Germany or Florida?