Divorce in the Pulpit

We read about many preachers and their wives getting a divorce, even national bishops and evangelists who are on television. My question is, why is this happening? Is it something the wife is not doing? Are the men of God wanting their cake and eat it too? Is two big ministries in the family one too many? Is the wives who are also in ministry paying too much attention to their own ministry and not enough on their husbands. What makes the man of God have an affair? What makes the man and woman of God become distant? Please give me your opinion....

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Permalink Reply by Preacher on January 14, 2010 at 8:47pm

It could mean what you said...but why mention ruling his own home first?
That has nothing to do with poligomy...

Permalink Reply by Virtuous Victory on January 8, 2010 at 11:33pm

Man, you hit it, right on the head!

Permalink Reply by Bishop Richard Groover on January 14, 2010 at 11:26am

There are lot of denominations and churches that teach once you divorce you no longer qualify for ministry, as though you could qualify to begin with. So what was the blood for? I thought the only sin that couldn't be forgiven was blasphemy. We may all differ on what we believe the word say but let's all agree that God does not throw you away neither is it over. Divorce is a sin and God never ever intended for Divorce to be what it is today in or outside of the pulpit. He hates Divorce because he hates sin. But like any other sin you come to a place of repentance. I am a living witness that God can still use a divorcee, even me.

Permalink Reply by HOPE - Psalm 43:5 on January 14, 2010 at 1:11pm

My my my..... are you sure Rev. Luckett. That is not always the consensus in the church. A prominent pastor here in Houston got divorced and a good portion of his congregation left the church because of it. And now, after being disconnected from someone who would not support him in ministry (by the way, that was NOT why he got divorced.. but he left a very lucrative job to become a pastor of a church and wifey said oh no... I didnt sign up for this.... many issues later.. and they divorced.) But as I was saying, after he was disconnected from her, his ministry began to flourish. His personal life changed for the better. I'm not saying that everything was rosey but man...lookie here... Allow folk to repent and move on instead of brow beating them into believing that God cannot nor will not use them in any capacity just because they got a divorce. C'mon.

But you know what is even worse than that? The pressure we put on people to even get married in the first place. I was talking with my dearest friend at lunch today. She was saying how miserable many people are because our culture and our churches have conditioned us to believe that marriage is the key to happiness.

Oh man.. Creflo Dollar has been ON IT this week in his series on How to be Whole in your Single or and Married Life.

I hope this link works:

Wholeness for Men and Women

When you all get a chance, please watch the videos on "Wholeness" and "Living a Complete Life".

Maybe we divorcee's can warn others and keep them from making the same mistakes we made in life but also help them live victorious lives AFTER a broken relationship(s)