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Yes...
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possibly in some of the more liberal ones. In most Baptist Churches though the answer is no. For we Baptists the Bible is supposed to be our highest authority in all situations. The Bible spells our the requirements for church officers very clearly in 1 Timothy 3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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it depends on your church and their interpretation of 1st Timothy where it says that a deacon is to be the husband of but one wife. The original intent was against polygamy, but later others put it against remarrying after a divorce.
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In a scripual baptist church a divorced man cannot be a deacon because just like the other person before me said the bible says no.
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I think that in most churches it would be covered in their more secular "constitution and bylaws". Others would of course declare that scripture is their only constitution and bylaw. Others will declare that the divorce is not an issue as long as the man has not remarried.
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Every Christian is a deacon in the sense that a deacon is a servant by definition. Beyond that, it is up to the local church since, next to the Bible, two of the highest values of Baptists is the autonomy of the local church and the priesthood of every believer.
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He cannot if he is beleiving in the KJV or GOD's Bible Some of MAN"s bibles like the ASB or the NIV might water some things down and make them less important But he is clear on this
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Depends on his level of financial contribution.
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The fundamental problem in the church at Corinth was not polygamy, OR divorce, but was the use of concubines (having illicit extramarital affairs with different women). Paul was telling the men at Corinth that they had to be faithful to their current wife. In this sense, they were to be "one woman men". If this applied to men, it would also be true that only married men could be deacons, and at various spots in the NT, both Paul and Jesus were referred to as deacons (servants), and neither was married.
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Nope. He can't be a pastor either. And any church claiming to be "liberal" be wary of. God's word still stands!
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Nope. He can't be a pastor either. He can serve God, just not from the pulpit.
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Of course. Anyone should be allowed to spread God's word. It is nobody's right that they can or can't and nobody should stop anyone from getting the chance!
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PAUL AND JESUS WERE NOT REFERED TO AS DEACONS IN THE SENSE OF ACT 6, THE DEACONS IN ACT 6 WERE TO SERVE TABLES, CARING FOR THE WELFARE OF THE WIDOWS WHILE THE (DIAKONOS GK. IS USED IN THE SENSE OF SERVANT, DEACON, MINISTER) JESUS AND PAUL WERE MINISTERS OF A HIGHER CALLING THEY WERE LEADERS, PASTORS, NOT DEACONS SERVING TABLES IN VERSE 2, THE DISCIPLES SAYS IT IS NOT REASON THAT WE SHOULD LEAVE THE WORD OF GOD TO SERVE TABLES. SERVANT HERE SIMPLY IS REFERRING TO DEACONS, NOT SERVANTS IN THE SENSE OF PREACHING THE GOSPEL VS. 4 THE SERVANTS (MINISTERS) OF THE GOSPEL WOULD GIVE THEMSELVES CONTINUALLY TO PRAYER, AND TO THE MINISTRY TO THE WORD SERVANT; DEACONS- SERVANT, CHOSEN BY THE CHURCH MINISTER- SERVANT, CHOSEN BY GOD JESUS AND PAUL MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MARRIED... NEITHER WERE THEY EVER DIVORCED, NEITHER WERE THEY VOTED OR CHOSEN BY THE CHURCH TO SERVE ON A DEACON BOARD,
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I AGREE WE SHOULD ALL WITNESS AND SPREAD THE GOSPEL, BUT ON THE SUBJECT OF SELECTING DIVORCED MEN FOR DEACONS, WHEN IT COMES SELECTING DEACONS, IT IS NOTHING OF CHANCE, BUT CHOICE AND NOT JUST ANYBODY CAN DO IT, THOSE CHOSEN BY THE CONGREGATION MUST MEET CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS, ACT 6:3 HAVE HONEST REPORT, FULL OF HOLY GHOST AND WISDOM, WHOM WE MAY APPOINT OVER THIS BUSINESS CHANCE IS LUCK, CHOICE IS FOR ONE TO CAREFUL SELECT, WHEN DOING WHAT GOD AUTHORIZES US TO DO, WE'RE TO OBEY WHAT HIS WORD SAYS,BY CHOOSING NOT CHANCING
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he could sever as a deacon but if it was me whom am an ordained deacon i would step down. If the remarry he cannot serve as a deacon. the church needs to ready 1timothy 3:8-13. Good luck
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I think the answer is yes as long as he does not remarry.
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Jn:8:7: So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. What gives us the right to judge I know what the bible says but can God not forgive me of the wrong that I have done and the wrong I still do Mk:10:18: And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. Are you above God ? Before I was saved I was divorced and remarried and I know that God wiped all my sins away . And now I preach every Sunday I was holding service Friday Saturday and Sunday I gave my call to preach about 6 years ago and I still run into people that says that I cannot be called because of being divorced and remarried . Now if we are talking about living in sin then braking the ten commandments is sin ? what day do you serve .... Take that bible as a whole .And remember when you point one finger at someone you have three on the same hand pointing back at you .
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As you can see the answer will vary. I have attended Baptist churches that had divorced deacons.
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