Dear Steve,
I am a pastor in Kenya, and I am delighted that a village chief in my region has just recently surrendered his life to the Lordship of Jesus and is now attending my church. My dilemma is this: the chief has four wives and I need wisdom on how to advise him regarding what to do about these wives. What should I say?
T.K.
Dear Pastor T.K.,
The best advice I have is for you to first wait until he asks you for your counsel on what he should do concerning his four wives. Then he will be more likely to make a difficult, but biblical, decision. A responsible answer would be this: “Send away your second, third, and fourth wives, and remain faithful to your first wife. But be sure to continue to financially support those subsequent wives and their children since you made an implied commitment to do so when you married them.”
Blessings,
Steve