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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone sins; sins that would disqualify you from Church leadership would be something you refuse to admit is a sin or repent from.

I don’t think someone divorced and remarried should serve in Church leadership unless there was adultery.  The Bible rules need to apply to everybody.  I’m not even sure if someone estranged from their spouse should serve in leadership as Church leaders need to be models for everyone else.

My mother left my father and legally divorced.  However, even though our priest offered her an annulment (my father was/is a terror), my mother refused and still considers herself “married” even though she has not seen my father in 20 years.  She has never dated anyone since then.  That’s her interpretation of the Bible!  [/quote]

So someone who divorced because she or he was abused (but no adultery) should be prohibited from serving in church leadership, according to what you write here, PP.

You're OK with their divorcing an abusive spouse but would bar them from serving a church.

How would you explain that to an abuse victim who left an abuser and who also had a God-given gift for leadership? "Find a different outlet for serving God because your victimhood disqualifies you from certain forms of service"--? 
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