The Huffington Post today reported that a Kansas pastor's wife claimed that her husband was marrying other people while they were together, but that at least on one occasion, he wasn't acting as the officiator. Toni Darnell claimed that her husband of 17 years, Pastor Keenan Darnell is a bigamist. He allegedly applied for a new marriage license even as the couple was working out a very messy divorce.
Reports indicate that the pastor and his "new" wife allegedly exchanged vows, even though the divorce has not been finalized. In the summer of 2010, Pastor Keenan Darnell moved his wife and three children from Missouri to pastor at the Glorious Life Church in Derby, Kansas. According to the wife, this is when Darnell abandoned her and her children.
Darnell left his family for another woman in the church. "I moved to Wichita to pastor a church. He left me homeless and broke, so I had to move back home to the KC area," said Mrs. Darnell. "The sad thing about it is, I moved away from my family and friends to do something that he wanted to do," Mrs/ Darnell claims that the children are the real victims of this ugly mess.
According to Mrs. Darnell, and I cannot corroborate this because additional facts are not available as this goes to post, he wants to play victim" but continued that "the only victim in this is my children. Three of them have to live in it and they want to talk about child abuse? I've never abused my children." Derby police are still investigating the bigamy accusations.
Just as I would condemn any politician for things that I personally consider immoral, I condemn this clown and believe that his church has the responsibility of relieving him of his pastoral duties as soon as possible. Pentecostal churches ESPECIALLY should not and cannot tolerate this behavior for they are held to a higher standard (and that's by their own determination, not mine). I personally know of a man who served as a deacon at his Pentecostal church whose wife decided that the elderly guy a few doors down could do better for her, so she (and the old guy) committed adultery. Naturally he informed his pastor of the situation and was promptly and unceremoniously relieved of his ministerial position because he could not "control his own wife." I call that kicking a man while he's down, and that is isn't right.
There is a difference here. The man I know was betrayed by his wife. In this case, the pastor is the one who did the betraying.
Now if Rev. Darnell had divorced his wife because she was unfaithful (divorce is Biblically permitted in cased of fornication or adultery, but considered wrong in Pentecostals circles) and maybe waited a year or so before marrying the "other woman" that would be one thing. Unfortunately, this is not the case and God spews people like this out His mouth just as one spews lukewarm water.
While reading the Huffington Post online, One person posted a comment on "how hard it is to live with a pastor's wife" but somehow this individual doesn't seem to believe that many of these women take a lot of crap too. If a pastor cannot uphold his personal vows to his wife, I wonder what he is doing with his vows he made to God?
Reports indicate that the pastor and his "new" wife allegedly exchanged vows, even though the divorce has not been finalized. In the summer of 2010, Pastor Keenan Darnell moved his wife and three children from Missouri to pastor at the Glorious Life Church in Derby, Kansas. According to the wife, this is when Darnell abandoned her and her children.
Darnell left his family for another woman in the church. "I moved to Wichita to pastor a church. He left me homeless and broke, so I had to move back home to the KC area," said Mrs. Darnell. "The sad thing about it is, I moved away from my family and friends to do something that he wanted to do," Mrs/ Darnell claims that the children are the real victims of this ugly mess.
According to Mrs. Darnell, and I cannot corroborate this because additional facts are not available as this goes to post, he wants to play victim" but continued that "the only victim in this is my children. Three of them have to live in it and they want to talk about child abuse? I've never abused my children." Derby police are still investigating the bigamy accusations.
Just as I would condemn any politician for things that I personally consider immoral, I condemn this clown and believe that his church has the responsibility of relieving him of his pastoral duties as soon as possible. Pentecostal churches ESPECIALLY should not and cannot tolerate this behavior for they are held to a higher standard (and that's by their own determination, not mine). I personally know of a man who served as a deacon at his Pentecostal church whose wife decided that the elderly guy a few doors down could do better for her, so she (and the old guy) committed adultery. Naturally he informed his pastor of the situation and was promptly and unceremoniously relieved of his ministerial position because he could not "control his own wife." I call that kicking a man while he's down, and that is isn't right.
There is a difference here. The man I know was betrayed by his wife. In this case, the pastor is the one who did the betraying.
Now if Rev. Darnell had divorced his wife because she was unfaithful (divorce is Biblically permitted in cased of fornication or adultery, but considered wrong in Pentecostals circles) and maybe waited a year or so before marrying the "other woman" that would be one thing. Unfortunately, this is not the case and God spews people like this out His mouth just as one spews lukewarm water.
While reading the Huffington Post online, One person posted a comment on "how hard it is to live with a pastor's wife" but somehow this individual doesn't seem to believe that many of these women take a lot of crap too. If a pastor cannot uphold his personal vows to his wife, I wonder what he is doing with his vows he made to God?
Pastors have a duty to maintain higher standards. One cannot counsel a couple to hold on to their marriage no matter what, but then say "don't worry about me."
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