Divorce Remarriage Position Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches Pastors

[pkeck]

Is there a majority position (or sole position) on the positions of (a) divorce and (b) remarriage in the Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches in the USA? If so, is there a position paper that has broad support among IFB churches? And what is the approximate percentage of this majority view on these two positions, followed by the percentage of minority views?

For example, do the IFB churches hold to one position only such as no divorce for any reason or divorce for fornication only?

And likewise on remarriage, do the IFB churches not allow it at all, or perhaps for only one or two reasons?

Finally, has the current sole or majority IFB position on the divorce and remarriage issues changed over the historical timeline of the IFB churches in America? And if it has changed, what are the reason(s) for this?

 

[Albion]

Hello pkeck. Your question IS *denomination-specific* as this forum requests, but you would probably get more views and replies from people who know the answers to your questions if you (also) posted it in the Baptist forum.

 

[Monk Brendan]

Is there a majority position (or sole position) on the positions of (a) divorce and (b) remarriage in the Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches in the USA? If so, is there a position paper that has broad support among IFB churches? And what is the approximate percentage of this majority view on these two positions, followed by the percentage of minority views?

For example, do the IFB churches hold to one position only such as no divorce for any reason or divorce for fornication only?

And likewise on remarriage, do the IFB churches not allow it at all, or perhaps for only one or two reasons?

Finally, has the current sole or majority IFB position on the divorce and remarriage issues changed over the historical timeline of the IFB churches in America? And if it has changed, what are the reason(s) for this?

It would seem to me that Independent Fundamentalist Baptists would have no authority other than the individual congregation, but what do I know?

St. John Chrysostom said, "Sometimes it is better to allow a second marriage lest something worse happen."