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Originally Posted by rrford
Consider this:
A man pastors in a fairly large city. He is seen in public having lunch with a woman. The folksin the restaurant have no way of knowing whether they are married or not. They don't even know that he pastors in that city. THen they visit his church on Sunday morning. They then find out the woman he was meeting with was not his wife. Are you seriously gooing to tell me that some sinner folks are not going to raise a few eyebrows at that?
For me it all goes back to not letting my good be evil spoken of. And yes, it is because I love my wife that I would not meet as some here would. People in the public that don't know me would have no idea wherther I love my wife or not. This discussion really has me scratching my head.
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I think RRFord is right here. I tend to shy away from anything that anyone could take and use against us or the ministry. There is something to avoiding the appearance of evil. I know that I'm innocent, but not everyone else in town knows that I'm innocent. Same for my husband. We make it a rule NOT to be alone with anyone of the opposite sex, not because of temptation, but to protect the integrity of our church and ministry. JMHO.
BTW, I know that Renda, MOW and SHoover are all innocent, because we know and love them. I'm definitely not throwing stones here.
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