Should Today's Evangelist be CELIBATE ...

[DAII]

The apostle Paul calls it a gift ... for most of us guys ... he's out of his mind ...

notwithstanding, Paul was able to evangelize the world as he knew .... partly because he did not have a wife or familial commitments.

Disregarding my belief that the 1st century evangelist held a different role and job description from today's denominational or even independent evangelist ... one has to wonder the strain put on the evangelist having to juggle his family life and being on the road preaching the church circuit ...

Even in Apostolica ... we are seeing a growing number of evangelists either not married or divorced ... or experiencing great strains on their marriage ...

The economics of today make it cost prohibitive for a full-time evangelist to bring his wife and kids along for the ride.

Should bible schools and church leaders encourage those who want to enter the evangelist circuit to choose a life of celibacy?

Maybe Lee is onto something?

[Cindy]

Are you talking about married evangelists?

[Socialite]

Not understanding the question. Why would they need to be?

[Jack Shephard]

I think they all should be...married or not. Let a frustrated preacher get in front of a crowd and preach out of frustration since we know that NEVER happens now.

[DAII]

In adherence to ever-changing DICTA ... I will post my quote at www.apostolicidentity.com ....

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The apostle Paul calls it a gift ... for most of us guys ... he's out of his mind ...

notwithstanding, Paul was able to evangelize the world as he knew .... partly because he did not have a wife or familial commitments.

Disregarding my belief that the 1st century evangelist held a different role and job description from today's denominational or even independent evangelist ... one has to wonder the strain put on the evangelist having to juggle his family life and being on the road preaching the church circuit ...

Even in Apostolica ... we are seeing a growing number of evangelists either not married or divorced ... or experiencing great strains on their marriage ...

The economics of today make it cost prohibitive for a full-time evangelist to bring his wife and kids along for the ride.

Should bible schools and church leaders encourage those who want to enter the evangelist circuit to choose a life of celibacy?

Maybe Lee is onto something?

[DAII]

Here is a confused Apostolic evangelist who believes Acts 2:38 is the Gospel ...

Your thoughts on his remarks at about the minute mark regarding priorities in his message entitled "The Profitable Gospel" ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nii0p5BqCyE

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by DAII

Here is a confused Apostolic evangelist who believes Acts 2:38 is the Gospel ...

Your thoughts on his remarks at about the minute mark regarding priorities in his message entitled "The Profitable Gospel" ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nii0p5BqCyE

His time away from his family is due to the decision to pursue this as a full time income. With, of course, hopes of having a church pastorate as a full time income later on. At which time he will, in all probability, have to completely uproot his entire family and move them to another location.

If the message is the one people have to hear. Great.

But they can hear it from others. He isn't the only messenger.

The message of God's word and His love is important. But the way it affects his time with his family was a career choice.

[aegsm76]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

His time away from his family is due to the decision to pursue this as a full time income. With, of course, hopes of having a church pastorate as a full time income later on. At which time he will, in all probability, have to completely uproot his entire family and move them to another location.

If the message is the one people have to hear. Great.

But they can hear it from others. He isn't the only messenger.

The message of God's word and His love is important. But the way it affects his time with his family was a career choice.

D4T - if your remarks are directed at GG, he has had numerous opportunities to take churches and has not.
Because he believes this is what God has called him for at this time.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by aegsm76

D4T - if your remarks are directed at GG, he has had numerous opportunities to take churches and has not.
Because he believes this is what God has called him for at this time.

I don't know GG. Never heard of him as far as I know.

But these decisions are made under a paradigm that sees ministry as a full time profession. One which I am sure most here agree with vehemently. But the paradigm has it's prices.

And... your comments, to a certain extent, confirm my post. These are choices he has made with, apparently, other options available. What has or has not been available as options are parameters. But the choices made are still his own.

And... my comments are not specific to this gentleman. My comments are on the concept. The person in the video making the statement was not of my choosing and, like I said, I have no knowledge of the person at all.

I don't think the "evangelist" concept we live under is the one the early church labored under. I don't think there were people whose family income was derived from people traveling from place to place "preaching" at this church or that church.

Again... in a nutshell... my point is that we have created the paradigm we all operate under. The paradigm has it's costs. But the decisions are still ours to make and the costs thereof are ours and our family's to bear.

[aegsm76]

Originally Posted by DAII

Here is a confused Apostolic evangelist who believes Acts 2:38 is the Gospel ...

Your thoughts on his remarks at about the minute mark regarding priorities in his message entitled "The Profitable Gospel" ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nii0p5BqCyE

DA - what is the gospel?