A young pastor, Jonathan Paul Ayers, was killed this week by drug enforcement agents dressed in plainclothes. Allegedly the young 28 year-old Baptist pastor from Lavonia, Georgia had just dropped off a lady at the convenience store. She was allegedly under investigation for cocaine dealing. Pastor Ayers wasn't under suspicion of anything. Don't know about the validity of the situation, but do know after I watched the video of the incident, I don't see how I would have done much differently than the pastor if I'd been accosted by two men with guns at a gas station. I think, had I seen two strange men coming at my car with guns drawn, I'd have gunned my gas pedal and run too.
This is the account by ABPnews.
Please pray for this young pastor's wife, Abby Ayers, please remember her name. She is 16 weeks into her pregnancy with their first child--a child who will never know his/her daddy.
[UPDATE...by the account and by the video, this is a drug-sting gone horribly wrong. I'd only seen the video and the AOL account of the story when I posted this. Then I read the story from Baptist Press. Pastor Ayers will be sorely missed by his congregation. The community has lost a man who wanted to love them and share Jesus with them all. Please pray for Lavonia, Georgia in this terrible time. May God touch this community with an outpouring of His Spirit].
