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Divorce and Remarriage

Divorce and remarriage: Marriages should not be dissolved, as divorce is contrary to the will of God. People can, by persistent and unrepentant sin, put asunder what God has joined together. Scripture acknowledges that certain actions and attitudes which occur in a sinful world, and conflict with God’s will, can destroy a marriage relationship. Since failure to keep the marriage covenant is sin, the church should exercise a ministry of reconciliation and call marriage partners to confession, forgiveness, and renewed obedience.  The church should neither issue a clear prohibition against remarriage nor attempt to list with legal precession the circumstances under which remarriage does not conflict with biblical teaching. The church must apply biblical principles to concrete situations in the light of its best understanding of what happened in a particular divorce and what is being planned for a particular remarriage.