Overseers & Deacons

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by OBW

And now one has suggested that someone who never has children is simply disqualified. On what basis? Just because they didn't have the opportunity to govern their children well? That kind of approach to the list smacks of legalism that does no one any real good.

Not at all. It depends on what the reasons are. If a man is against marriage, how can he lead the church? If a man is against having children, how can he help the children of God? It's all about character, not legalism. This is not some checklist for a headhunter, but an antidote and solution to the church's leadership problems, and that is sorely needed today.