CHRISTIANS, what happens when you get divorced?

Well, Jimmy, the man and woman no longer live together. They separate, because sometimes mommies and daddies live apart better than they live together. But they still love you.

It depends on the church and the circumstances.

In the 70s and 80s, many divorced Catholics found themselves no longer welcome in their parishes, generally by very conservative priests and a ruling from the Papacy that divorced Catholics who remarry are committing adultery. This has contributed to the burgeoning ranks of the evangelicals, and even pushed many into apostasy.

Now the Catholic Church is trying to reach out to divorced Catholics. It still has a long way to go. I know because my parents are divorced and remarried. Of the four, only my mother attends Church regularly, and she didn't receive Eucharist until annulment was fully granted. My steparents and my father haven't been in church (other than for weddings and funerals) in probably a decade.

In other traditions of Christianity, there's a lot of variation. Where marriage is not seen as sacramental, divorce doesn't carry as much stigma. This is especially true if the marriage wasn't good to begin with.

Since civil divorce has no effect on a valid Christian marriage, nothing happens when someone goes through the motions of a divorce. They are still married, just as they were before. The state cannot unbaptize someone or unconfirm someone or unordain a Christian minister, so by what bizarre logic could the state unmarry someone married sacramentally? Which is why it would be adulterous for them to get involved with someone else after the "divorce".

the Bible said in Matthew19:9 " i say to you that whoever divorces his wife,except on the ground of fornication and marries another commits adultery" IT is a Personal decision to divorce, no one can judge a person for taking that step. If they decide to divorce they will need the family's support especially if they have children at home.Friends are also very important the love and care you give will help them to go through

this difficult moment.

Of course they are. Why not? Usually, when someone goes through a divorce, it is a very traumatic experience. They will need all the support they can get, to get them through each day.

I'm Christian, divorced, love sex, dating a Pagan, and bi sexual. I still go to church and it doesn't fall apart nor do I get struck by lightening. God loves me just as I am.

My friends love me just as I am and so does my family and their friends. So....I guess it depends on the individual

Ps Love beta's answer!

It's not the part about divorcing that's so bad. No.

It's when we speak to God and make vows, and then don't keep them.

When we say to each other, "I swear", just to make a point. God is listening.

Psa 15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

Anyone is welcome in my home if they come in peace.

Of course they're still allowed in my home and church. Whether their allowed in Heaven isn't up to me, that's up to God to decide.

Alimony

You are no longer married to your spouse.