No wonder the New Testament instruc

No wonder the New Testament instruction for ministers is that “a bishop must then be blameless, the husband of one wife” (I Tim. 3:2). This also applied to deacons (vs. 12). No one who had previously practiced polygamy was to ever be considered for an office of the ministry, or even for the lesser physical service performed by deacons. While polygamists could be called into the Church—and this has happened many times through the centuries—they had to repent of polygamy. But those who would be examples before the flock—those ordained to offices of service—it is commanded could not have ever been involved in this practice!