A preacher's wife and another woman mysteriously disappeared in rural Oklahoma while on their way to pick up the second woman's children, according to authorites.
The vehicle in which Jillian Kelley, 38, and Veronica Butler, 27, were traveling was found abandoned in farm country near the state line south of Elkhart, Kansas, officials said on social media Saturday.
Kelly's husband, the Rev. Heath Kelley, is the outgoing pastor of Hugoton First Christian Church in Hugoton, Kansas, according to the Kansas City Star.
It was open Sunday for "continuous prayers," according to the Star.
Heath Kelley is also the incoming minister of Willow Christian Church in Indianola, Nebraska, where worshippers gathered to pray for the missing women on Sunday, the Star said.
The women's disappearance is being investigated by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, which called the case suspicious and asked for help from anyone with information.
Other law enforcement agencies are also assisting in the probe, the OSBI said.
