Just a question man??
 

Why in the UPCI can a preacher,pastor etc.... have a second wife but the deacons and/or board members must not be married but once??

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A deacon can be part of the UPCI or a board member? Here I was thinking someone had said it was a preachers only organization.

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Clearer!!!! In a UPCI church!!!!

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Well the churches aren't UPCI either is what they told me.

But I assume you have a specific case of this happening in mind?

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Its more than one case!! It even happens in the church next door to my house that is Southern Baptist!

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I think this is a gray area - - each church/pastor decides that.

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The simple answer would appear to be that those churches really wanted a preacher with a 2nd wife to be their pastor so they made an exception for him but thought it wasn't something that they thought should be made common practice.

There is another way a pastor may be remarried and still be argued to legitamately pastor. A pastor may have gotten remarried before he got in church. Many churches and christians won't see this as a problem.

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The vast majority of "UPC" churches are not UPC. What I mean by that is, a church is NOT UPC unless it becomes affiliated. If it becomes affiliated, then it is ultimately under the control/oversight of the District. Different districts exercise varying degrees of control. The oversight really comes into play when the pastorate is vacant or the church closes.

Now, what you're talking about is different. Sometimes a person was divorced before they were saved, and since the scripture states that judgment begins at the "house of God" most interpret that to mean that whatever happened before you were saved is under the blood and doesn't count. :D

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So, if you're saved, and you want to divorce and remarry, but don't want the restrictions, all ya gotta do is backslide, divorce, marry, get saved again, and voila! Deaconhood awaits!

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Logical however:nah

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My grandfather was a pastor for years after being married to his second wife. In a seperate church my dad was offered a board position until the pastor realized he had been married before! My uncle was asked to step down from the sound tech b/c his wife left him!!!!!

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:D

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Each to his own,and as far as your uncle is concerned maybe he didnt qualify, because as one preacher said "always put your weakest, most carnal people in the sound booth because they aint no one in there gonna be saved anyway !::neener:neener:neener

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Even clearer still... "In a particular UPCI church?"

There are no positions called "deacon" or "local church board member" in the UPCI manual. Whatever you are seeing is a local rule and who knows why such a thing would be allowed to develop.

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That's sad. A man can't even run the sound board if he is the victim of divorce?

Needless to say, some "pastors" have such hackneyed and ego driven rules and agendas that they defy all attempts are reasoning them out.

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I overlooked that bit of wisdom. Thanks. :ursofunny

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As best I can tell this is pretty much the rule in MS. and LA.!

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That explains everything! :ursofunny

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You've got it!! Pretty simple. :D