The lives and careers of Liberty University’s leadership (including Falwell, Jr.) sound like it could provide the material for a Netflix series: “Preacher Kids Gone Wild.” And it demonstrates one of the reasons why the Roman Catholic Church (wisely or not) originally went for priestly celibacy: too many offspring who are entitled and undisciplined when the clergy are married.
“And it demonstrates one of the reasons why the Roman Catholic Church (wisely or not) originally went for priestly celibacy: too many offspring who are entitled and undisciplined when the clergy are married.”
Sexual misconduct will always manifest itself one way or the other, as it has in the celibate priesthood in the Catholic church having a history of homosexual relationships rather than heterosexual ones. Limit heterosexual and you will get homosexual behavior. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
How about we let God’s word tell us what a good pastor / priest is?
1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;
Mandating celibacy only created a bigger problem, it did not solve a problem.
It never improves anything when we add to God’s word our own desires or intentions, no matter how noble we may think it is.
Your little opinion is cute, but wrong. Scripture is clear the no one should be forbidden to marry.
I Timothy 4:
“1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times SOME SHALL DEPART FROM THE FAITH, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
“2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
“3 FORBIDDING TO MARRY, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
“4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:”
Do you have ANY idea how many PKs and MKs have carried on their parents’ ministries? Rash generalizations are cheap and lazy.
My cousin and his is wife (now retired) went to a foreign mission field in 1973. Three of their kids stayed and started churches. Some of THEIR kids have started churches there.