This issue of “one man one wife” that modern
day Christians are insisting on is really causing
problem. Many men now pretend to be married
to only one wife and yet they go about enjoying
over ladies outside their marriage. But obviously
this doesn’t make sense. Why are you stealing
what you can get legitimately?
Another pastor has come out to confess his
secret deeds, openly. The senior pastor of one of
the largest and most progressive churches has
been put on paid leave after he made a shocking
confessing to an extramarital affair with another
woman for over nine months.
In an apology letter to his congregation, Rev.
Reggie Weaver of Westminster Presbyterian
Church said he and his wife, Ashley-Anne
Masters, have begun the process of divorce as a
result of his infidelity.
“I have violated my ordination vows and my
wedding vows,” the 33-year-old Rev.
Weaver wrote in a letter to the
congregation on Friday through the
regional governing body for local
Presbyterian churches in America. “I am
sorry and I ask your forgiveness.”
Church members were notified after worship
services on May 4 that Weaver had requested
time off from pastoral duties. Friday’s update to
the congregation included details of an affair
that happened since Weaver came to become
the Senior Pastor of the church branch in July.
“Talking to members tonight almost everyone’s
reactions were of sadness — sadness for Reggie
and Ashley-Anne — and then, overwhelmingly,
forgiveness,” said church member Robert Bell,
who was at the church Saturday. “It’s not
always easy and it takes a lot of strength to
forgive, but Westminster is a pretty strong
church.”
One of the church’s longtime staff pastors, Rev.
Mark Brainerd, has been named as interim
pastor.
The future of Rev. Weaver, seen as a rising star
in national Presbyterian circles, is being taken up
by a judicial committee within the Presbytery
and could include a suspension or removal of his
ordination.
“In some ways, it’s like a death,” Bill Leonard, a
professor at Wake Forest University’s School of
Divinity, said of the fallout for the congregation.
“It’s a whole grief process — not only in their
sadness over someone they love and admired
but someone they trusted. It’s very tragic for
him, his family and the congregation.”
Surprisingly, Rev. Weaver’s letter also referenced
an “emotional affair” with a lady in Chicago prior
to moving to Greensboro, during the time he
was being considered to lead the 2,000-member
church here, which is known for its outreach to
the community and mission work abroad.
When the predominantly white Westminster
Presbyterian hired Weaver, the church was
lauded for hiring its first African-American
minister.
Now Rev. Weaver’s action has put a dent on the
church’s love for African-American pastors.
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