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?