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Every individual Baptist church - Independent, SBC, ABC, GARBC, ect -decided for themsleves if they will call a divorced pastor.
Some will say - divorce is an automatic disqualifier.
Others will look at the circumstance - and/or the time that has passed
Others might say divorce is ok - but not remarriage.

Too many churches, too many variables. to make a blanket statment.

What do you mean by a "double married preacher?


Salty


PS - I see this is your first post. Be sure to stop by the New Member Forum and introduce yourself

PPS - Every Baptist church is independent - and that includes SBC, GARBC, ABA, CBA, ect.
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Just clarifying -your term of double married. Short answer - a previous divorce is NOT an automatic disqualifier.
Now if a man cheats on his wife -and then marries his girlfriend the next week - I would NOT support that man in being a pastor.

Some will quote that I Tim states a man must only be the husband of one wife. - I believe that is talking about polygamy. But as I stated previously - its up to the local church to make that decision. Since a divorce is a major issue- I do not think that a pastor should hide it from a prospective church - he should be upfront .

Any particular reason for asking?

 

I believe a divorced man, regardless of his present martial position, is disqualified to serve as senior pastor as he no longer "rules well his own household."

 

and he may be the senior pastor of any church that calls him.

 

No, I said he is disqualified to serve as senior pastor.

 

And neither could a man whose wife had died - as he no longer had a wife.

And some churches go to the extreme that a childless couple; the husband could not be a pastor.

 

This is a common fallacy among those who self-identify as “Independent Baptist.” What they fail to understand is there is little to no difference between a Convention and an Association, or Union, or Fellowship.

The new Association, or Union, or Fellowship serves the same function as the Convention did. They are just under the control of a different group of people. (As with most such things, with the exception of the NBC, it was about control, not doctrine.)

One of the slight variations is mission agencies. The SBC has one, the Cooperative Program. (State Conventions and local Associations often also have missions programs.) The Independent Baptists have several including but not limited to ABWE, BWM, BMM, BIMI, and a host of others. The CP is more efficient in raising support than the “independent” agencies, but they all serve the same function: to get missionaries onto the foreign field.

 

Actually, the SBC has two mission boards - The North American Mission Board and the International Mission Board. The Cooperative program - simply supports the two mission boards with finances.

In addition we also have the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering - for Home missions and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for Foreign missions.

I do agree that the CP can help the missionaries be more efficient - in that they do not have to spend months and even years on deputation seeking support. And for those who man not realzie - these missionaries do come and visit our churches.

 

Except I was talking about foreign missions. Not home missions. That is probably why the last clause says " to get missionaries onto the foreign field."

And I wasn't talking about missions offerings, but about mission agencies.