Evangelical Christian men by the thousands are investigating the validity of Christian Polygamy every day. Why has there been no news coverage of this? Could it be that the press is only concerned with scandals and these wannabe polygamists are actually interested in pursuing their interests within the context of what the Bible calls marriage? Could it be that these Methodists, Baptists, and Pentecostals break the template of the anti-polygamist hate groups?

It is apparent from the visits to Christian Polygamy websites such as Christian Marriage and Christian Polygamy that the search by Evangelical Christians for sites promoting polygamy is not futile. In fact, the number of Evangelical Christian Polygamy websites has grown from only five in 1995 to hundreds today. Many of these sites, especially that cover a broader range of topics on Christian Marriage have readers from moderately accepting to zealously enthusiastic for taking more wives into their household.

What does your church teach on divorce and remarriage? Do they teach it from the Bible? If they don't teach from the Bible then some of the men in your congregation are likely looking up the topic of Christian Marriage on the Internet and finding something they didn't expect; Christian Polygamy as practiced by Evangelical Christians.

Consider this, Charles Wesley, the famous 18th century hymn writer, had a brother-in-law who was a polygamist by the name of Westley Hall. After he had married Martha Wesley, he took other wives. Martha even nursed one of the babies of the other wives. Westley Hall was not excommunicated, in fact, he continued preaching and had financial support from the Evangelical Christian community.

Another strangely forgotten fact of history is that the man most responsible for hymn singing in our churches today, the Reverend Martin Madan, who wrote the first widely used hymnal, also wrote a book promoting polygamy. He was the godfather to Charles Wesley's son Samuel who took a second wife while his first wife was still living in the same household with him. His son, Samuel Sebastian Wesley became the most famous church organist of the 19th century and was even offered knighthood.

I encourage anyone who is truly interested in whether Christian Polygamy is indeed Christian, investigate and find out for yourselves what the Bible says about Christian Marriage.