23 hours ago Khanyisile Ngcobo BBC News, Zuurbekom The bride, Evelyn Sekgalakane, sparkled in white as she walked down the aisle hand-in-hand with Shirley Molala, who was about to become […]
1 of 11 | People queue during mass Easter weddings for 3,000 people, some polygamous, at the International Pentecost Holiness Church in Heidelberg, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, April 20, […]
Controversial pastor, Martin Ssempa has asked Parliament to legalise polygamy for Christians, criminalise adultery and set a minimum number of times for couples to honour their conjugal obligations. Pastor Ssempa, the leader of Makerere Community Church said whereas the current laws on marriage recognise monogamy as the only form of […]
Efia Akese Life Aug – 26 – 2024 A Managing Partner at Law Plus Attorneys-at-Law, Mr Dennis Adjei Dwomoh, has clarified that having a white or church wedding does not necessarily ensure […]
written by OSV News 4 months ago Three of King Mswati’s 13 wives arrive for the traditional Reed Dance at Ludzidzini, the royal palace in Swaziland Aug. 31, 2008. Mswati, sub-Saharan Africa’s […]
ANSWER The question of polygamy is interesting in that most people today view polygamy as immoral while the Bible nowhere explicitly condemns it. The first instance of polygamy/bigamy in the […]
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Countries Where Polygamy is Legal: Polygamy is the practice of a person marrying multiple people simultaneously, most typically a male to multiple women. Polygamy is frequently founded on religious beliefs or […]
by Hillary Lisimba – Polygamy is an age-old tradition practised in many African ethnic societies – A poll by TUKO.co.ke shows that Kenyans are divided on whether it is better […]
June 5, 2019 by Roger E. Olson Why Not Polygamy? A Question to Progressive Churches Recently several churches with which I have friendly relations and that I respect as […]
by Mildred Europa Taylor, at 09:00 am, January 08, 2019, Culture After three months of negotiations, lawmakers in Guinea on Saturday, December 29, 2018, finally made amendments to a law […]
Godwin Adey Polygamy has become a hot subject in Christianity recently. While the western world is opening up to same sex marriage and unions, and churches are having openly know […]
February 11, 2018 A faith leader wants the Church in Kenya to review teachings on monogamous marriages, claiming there is no verse in the Bible supporting it. Determined to challenge the […]
John L. Allen Jr.September 11, 2014 Say “family issues” to most Americans or Europeans, and they’re likely to flash on divorce, or the challenges of single-parent households, or perhaps same-sex relationships and the push for gay marriage. What probably wouldn’t come naturally to mind is polygamy. Yet in many parts […]
06/24/2016 01:30 pm ET Dr. Phil Show see video here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pastor-polygamy-benefits-wives_us_576d6674e4b0f168323967c4 “Most of my spiritual life, I’ve been interested in polygamy,” says Thom, a former convict-turned-pastor. “You read through […]
– Church acknowledges for the first time Joseph Smith had many wives – Number unknown but has been estimated between 27 and 50 – New essay published by Mormon leaders […]
Should we really care if more than two consenting adults want to marry each other, or if polygamy advocates see the LGBT movement as an inspiration? A few years ago, […]
Yes, it does exist, and not only in the Mormon Church. ‘Biblical Families’ has one such website, discussing all aspects of family life, including families with multiple wives: (in a Christian community) http://www.biblicalfamilies.org/forum/?bfpage=forum and on twitter: https://twitter.com/biblicalfamily
“After polygamy was made a sin” by John Cairncross Published 1974 by Routledge and Kegan Paul, London. ISBN 0 7100 7730 Introduction This book, subtitled “The Social History of Christian Polygamy”, was written by a former British civil-servant and journalist who discovered an anti-polygamy book in a Paris bookstore in […]