Let's take a look at what the bible actually says about marriage, divorce, and a man's service as a pastor.
1 Timothy 3:1 This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
5 (but how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule one’s own house take care of God’s assembly?)
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
There is only ONE requirement for a man to be a pastor. And that is that he must be "without reproach."
He must be without reproach in his marriage relationship.
He must be without reproach in his temperament.
He must be without reproach in his sensibilities.
He must be without reproach in his modesty.
He must be without reproach in his hospitality.
He must be without reproach in his teaching ability.
He must be without reproach in his sobriety.
He must be without reproach in his demeanor.
He must be without reproach in his finances.
He must be without reproach in his care for others.
He must be without reproach in his argumentation.
He must be without reproach in his satisfaction with his station in life.
He must be without reproach in his household.
He must be without reproach in his children.
He must be without reproach in his maturity.
He must be without reproach in his public reputation.
1 Timothy 3:1 This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
5 (but how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule one’s own house take care of God’s assembly?)
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
There is only ONE requirement for a man to be a pastor. And that is that he must be "without reproach."
He must be without reproach in his marriage relationship.
He must be without reproach in his temperament.
He must be without reproach in his sensibilities.
He must be without reproach in his modesty.
He must be without reproach in his hospitality.
He must be without reproach in his teaching ability.
He must be without reproach in his sobriety.
He must be without reproach in his demeanor.
He must be without reproach in his finances.
He must be without reproach in his care for others.
He must be without reproach in his argumentation.
He must be without reproach in his satisfaction with his station in life.
He must be without reproach in his household.
He must be without reproach in his children.
He must be without reproach in his maturity.
He must be without reproach in his public reputation.