Pastor in Cleveland Takes 2nd Wife and Congregation Applauds

 As the return of the Lord draws near, Jesus said there would be a great falling away.  Many Bible believers think that means that many (most?) people who identify as “Christian” are actually not saved.  They have not repented.  They have invented a different Jesus that has no power to save them.  They have a “form of godliness but the Holy Spirit is absent.”

Today we have a loud, proud pastor who refers to himself as a prophet (red flag) and his priestess wife announcing they have taken a 2nd wife, and the congregation applauds.

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During a jaw-dropping Sunday service at LifeWorks Church in Wickliffe, Ohio on October 25th, self-proclaimed “prophet” Israel Ford and his wife Lydia Ford revealed an absolutely shocking secret. With no shame at all, they told the congregation that they have been in a polygamous marriage for three years. Ford and his wife have decided that limiting a man to just one wife is “unbiblical”, and so that would apparently open the door for more wives in the future.

Standing right next to her husband on stage, Lydia Ford welcomed minister Shakayla Ford to the altar as her “sister in marriage”…

In the four-minute video, Lydia Ford described their relationship as a “polygynous marriage,” according to a transcript. Polygyny is a version of polygamy, defined as a marriage of one man to more than one wife simultaneously.

“My husband, our prophet, he has a second wife. Y’all know her. Y’all love her. Y’all benefit from her ministry every week,” Lydia Ford told the congregation.

The first wife then introduced the second as her “sister in marriage.”

You would think that they would want to keep this sort of thing quiet.

But instead, Israel Ford proudly posted video footage of the announcement on Instagram.

As you can see below, the congregation responded to the announcement with a standing ovation…

To me, the way that the congregation reacted is the most shocking element of this story.

They seem to think that it is perfectly fine for their pastor to have a second wife.

On his Instagram account, Israel Ford defiantly declared that those that are teaching that a man should only have one wife are “unbiblical”…

I would like to introduce to the world, my second wife, Shakayla Ford!!! As a nation we have been taught that a man should have one wife only. This is unbiblical. I encourage you to watch today’s sermon in its entirety (uploaded later this week). I understand that this is an unpopular truth that we have gotten away from and many Pastors will not preach. I have no plans to choose pleasing man over what God has revealed. People may not accept this and choose to disconnect, and that is ok! This life will be over soon and we can all laugh about it in Heaven.

Wow.

Perhaps he should have looked into the laws of the state that he is living in before revealing all of this.

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