A former police officer, pastor, and father of five was killed Friday in Angola, while serving with the missions organization, SIM USA.
Beau Shroyer, 44, was killed by “an act of violence” while serving in Lubango, Angola, according to a statement released by the Lakes Area Vineyard Church. The statement added that many details about Shroyer’s death “are still unknown.”
Shroyer and his wife, Jackie, and their five children served as missionaries in Angola with SIM USA, an international, interdenominational evangelical Christian mission organization, established in 1893.
“At this point, there are many details about what’s happened that are still unknown,” the Vineyard Church statement said.
“(H)owever we have been in contact with his wife Jackie, and are doing what we can to come alongside them in this shocking and awful time. Be assured that even in their shock and grief, they are strong in the Lord and His word and have wonderful support around them.”
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Randy Fairman, president of SIM USA, said the Shroyer family “were some of the first missionaries to begin service with SIM USA after the COVID lockdowns eased.”
“They have brought a faithful, energetic, growing, loving aroma of Christ into our family,” the statement read.
Just four months ago, the Shroyers visited Country Faith Church in Clearbrook, Minnesota and described the hardships, health, and security issues in a “beautiful country.”
Shroyer spoke on the need to build a perimeter wall and hire more security for some newly acquired property, including the need to install a “electric 10-foot-high razor wire fence and hired 50 guards.”
A September 23 travel advisory issued by the U.S. State Department ranked the southern African nation at a Level 2.
The advisory listed “violent crime, such as armed robbery, assault, carjacking, and homicide, is common” and local police lack the resources to respond effectively to serious criminal incidents.
Sheila Stogsdill is a freelance print journalist and digital reporter, primarily covering crime issues for KSN/KODE.
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Just read that his wife was arrested today (11/01) in connection with his death.