Married men without children are readily considered. But no one has ever really talked about whether Paul's qualifications in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 rule out singles. Sunday after Sunday she ended up sitting in church alone. The church has a great opportunity to reach into the world of adult singles with the gospel of grace, a message of hope, and warm family acceptance. But for the most part it's not trying.
Singleness remains, in all too many churches, a misunderstood and unconsidered world.