Do you need to get married?
Do you need the assistance
of a pastor and a church?
Have you been turned away by pastors and
churches
because their beliefs are too strict regarding marriage, divorce, and
remarriage?
Are you looking for reasonable fees?
Then perhaps I can help.
Call or email me, Dr. David Roberts, Pastor
of Clarks Chapel Baptist Church located in Lenoir, North Carolina.
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Will I perform a marriage
ceremony for anyone who wants to get married?
No. Certain conditions do
apply. But I will do everything I can to
make it happen. I will listen to you and
try to understand your situation. An
initial counseling session with the couple is required before I make a
decision
whether or not to perform the wedding.
Before contacting me, please
take a few moments to read the following pages that contain my
convictions of
what the Bible teaches about marriage, divorce and remarriage. Please follow the links below.
And remember - what man has to say about
marriage, divorce, and remarriage doesn’t
matter. What God says
about it is what really matters!
MARRIAGE
DIVORCE
REMARRIAGE
Living Together Before Marriage a Statistical Risk
A note to concerned
clergy…
I
realize
that the positions I take regarding marriage, divorce and remarriage
may be
unpopular (and to some of you – unbiblical).
I may receive the label of “liberal” by those who want to cause
problems
and generalize without studying the issues further.
(Those who know me well know that I am
extremely conservative.) But that’s
OK. I can take it. Here
I stand.
I can do no other.
If you
would like, you can read two sermons I preached on these subjects by
clicking
here and here.
Allow me to cite up front (as I did when I preached these messages)
that much
of the material presented in these messages came from three helpful
sources:
- Ralph Edward Woodrow, Divorce and Remarriage: What Does the Bible Really Say
(Ralph Woodrow Evangelistic Association Inc., 1991)
- John MacArthur, On Divorce (Moody Press, 1985)
- R.C. Sproul, The Intimate Marriage (Living Books, 1986)
I see
counseling with couples about marriage and family, sin and forgiveness,
the
Gospel and the church - as a ministry to them.
I hope to see people savingly believe in Jesus Christ as Lord
and
Savior. And I hope to help them see the
church as more than a building in which to be married and buried.
I
would
rather a couple come and receive Christian counseling and witness from
me than
to be turned away by you and get married by the Justice of the Peace or
Magistrate without any Christian influence involved.
Chances
are, they’re going to get married anyway. So why not take advantage of the opportunity
given and try and make the most out of it to the glory of God?