I complained to the minister of a church I had attended that had allowed two divorced men to be included on the ballot for eldership.
The Bible clearly states they need to be a man “of but one wife.”
https://biblehub.com/titus/1-6.htm
They had somehow failed to read and understand Titus.
I do not disagree in concept but I am forced to wonder about such possibilities like an unfaithful and abusive wife, or being so literal a widowed man then remarrying?
We did that in a church I was in. He had divorced. They both remarried. Then he became a Christian. He lived as a Christian.
Should sin in his life prior to conversion disqualify him? Or should his life AS A BELIEVER be the standard for understanding “one wife”?
We’re you also an elder assisting on leading the local church?
Do they need to prove you every detail or was it a church body vote after the existing elders / pastors interviewed the proposed elder and found the reasons within the churches guideline.
Wife is adulterous, lies about it, denies it for years. Will not be contrite, repentant and the blames the husband with the entire “if I did it was because you didn’t meet my needs “ …
Does the entire body of the church need all the details or is it good enough that the church leadership know and you trust their judgement.