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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa
Brother, I'm sorry you feel that is what I'm doing.
Brother it is an outline on how the ministers are to conduct themselves. It is rules that the apostle laid down. 1 Timothy 3:2 Paul states that the man must be blameless the husband of one wife. His blamelessness is directly tied to the faithfulness to his wife. If it means plural wives, then Paul is saying that being blameless is not having plural wives? Pretty confusing if you hang on to the plurality of wives view of this verse. They had to be married because the ruling and overseeing of the home is what was used by Paul as an indicator on how they would oversee the congregation. Pretty simple. |
His blamelessness wasn't just directly tied to his faithfulness to one wife, but it was across the board. IMO bankruptcy disqualifies a man from church offices. I think convicted felons are disqualified from church offices. I am not saying that they can't take part in the ministry, on the contrary ministry is not an option for Christians but it is a must. I am only saying that they are not eligible for church offices. It is not expedient for the church to have people in church leadership offices whom the community has a load of dirt.
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