Divorce, the new reality

It was with a somber heart that I read about the planned divorce of Pastors Randy and Paula White of Without Walls International Church in Tampa.

You see, I have a good friend whose mother is an ordained minister who was with the White couple when they were first beginning their ministry in Tampa. Moreover, I am also a Charismatic Spiritual Leader (Professor of Bible and Ethics) and someone who was similarly ravaged by a divorce not of my own choosing.

Evil truly is attacking the Christian Leadership Class to its core and the LORD JESUS is allowing it so that we Christian Leaders can be pruned of the idols of our hearts and then thrust into GREATER service in seeking the salvation of ALL people in Jesus' MIGHTY Name!

For example, in my own divorce, again, not of my own choosing, I was left with wave upon wave of assault by the Liberal Feminist Ideology that perniciously affected the Judicial system regarding divorce and custody. I sided with Evangelical Protestantism and Conservative Catholicism and the other partner in the marriage sided with Liberal Feminism.

Here, however, the answer to what has happened with Mega-Church Leaders Randy and Paula White is less clear. Paula White is a dynamic Pentecostal preacher and someone whom I have admired (and yes, by the way, I affirm that women should be ordained as clergy, like the Apostle Junia who co-labored with Apostle Paul). Randy White has "accepted all of the responsibility" which is all fine and everything, but sadly, when Christians ever decide to divorce (except on the grounds of infidelity!), they are directly rebelling against the VERY words of Jesus Christ on the subject!

No divorce according to Jesus. Sorry.

It is thus with a heavy heart that I call upon all fellow Evangelical and Charismatic Christians to no longer recognize the ministerial credentials of either Randy or Paula White. This is not being "judgmental" especially as someone who was divorced against his will (even given an official "annulment" by the Catholic Church ironically enough!), but having said this, the Biblical Teaching for ALL Christians is NO DIVORCE except on the grounds of infidelity.

Thank you for upholding the Biblical norm for your lives.

Blessings in Jesus,
Rob J. King, Charismatic Christian Leader