Dorman said he wasn’t surprised when the Shroyers moved to Angola. “It was the definition of brave and selfless,” he said. “Beau made people want to be a better version of themselves. Not by force, but by example. I aspire to be more like him.”
Church: ‘We Must Continue To Stand Together’
Troy Easton, lead pastor of Lakes Area Vineyard Church, issued a statement to congregants about their former pastor’s death. “I am heartbroken and in shock,” he wrote. “Our grief and sadness has deepened immeasurably as we’ve learned that [Jackie] has been arrested in connection with [Beau’s] death.”
Easton continued:
This is unimaginable, and yet it is very real. As a community we must cry out to the Lord for his grace, mercy and comforting presence for the Shroyer children and family. We must honor God and love each other by how we communicate about this, and we must continue to stand together, asking God to do in and through all of this what only He can.
The church has requested privacy, saying it would have no additional comments at this time.
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Randy Fairman, SIM USA president, had said the Shroyers were some of the first missionaries to start serving with its organization after pandemic-related lockdowns were lifted. “They have brought a faithful, energetic, growing, loving aroma of Christ into our family,” he previously said.
Before leaving for their long-term assignment, the Shroyers said their new home had no mail service, electricity, sewer, or water systems. Jackie said the experience would be like “going back in time” while they taught “the region’s youngest residents about Christianity and God’s love.”
