Qualifications for Overseers

Notes

1. • What does the "husband of one wife" phrase in 1 Timothy 3:2 mean? Can a divorced man serve as a pastor, elder, or deacon?
   • Is it advisable for pastors to be married or have kids?
   • Should a man be denied the office of a deacon because his wife divorces him for no biblical reason?
   • Does a pastor have to be sinless?
2. • If a faithful pastor has unbelieving children who are engaged in immoral lifestyles, should he continue in the ministry?
3. • Must an elder in the church be a parent?
4. • When people say "proud to be an american or parent, school teacher, etc," is it a sin?