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Re: UPC Minister engaged to former Porn Star
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Originally Posted by StillStanding
All a young teen boy will have to do is google and then fantasize about his pastor's wife! Surely the congregation will know about her past. Would the kid be a horrible person because he or she was curious?
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Sigh. What does this scenario really have to do with anything? I agree with others that the relationship has potential issues and that it's moving very quickly and that it may very well be terribly mismatched ( and it also could work out beautifully and become a great testament to God's power to revolutionize a life and use it to His glory). However, that does NOT mean her past should be used against her or that it excuses any man (young or old) from sin. 
I personally know a minister whose wife was a "lady of the night" in her pre-Christ life. What about that? Obviously the age of the WWW has made this a much more complicated matter, but still...reputation has to start at conversion, IMO. Not before, or everyone but those raised in a pew would be doomed to never be in leadership. (And that would be a crying shame.)
I'm sure the public statement was an attempt to address all the *publicity* that's already out there; not to give other Christians carte blanche to weigh in on this couple's personal decisions.
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