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Adventist Ordination Crisis
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This website, which represents the historical Christian position, is dedicated to supporting women in ministry according to the scriptural model. We know, for instance, that in the beginning, God created both man and woman in His image, with equal value and dignity (Galatians 3:28). Moreover, in the Bible, God clearly calls women to use their spiritual gifts in a myriad of different ministries (Joel 2:28, 29). At the same time, the Creator designed men and women with distinct gender traits and appointed them to embrace different roles within the family and the church. It is Holy Scripture that calls men to be the spiritual leaders in these realms (1 Timothy 2:2–5). This site assembles some of the best scholarship and media on this subject from a Seventh-day Adventist perspective.
The Adventist Ordination Crisis
Questions and Answers
Didn't Ellen White have a position of authority in the church?
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What does the Bible teach regarding the role of women in the church?
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Is the authority of the Bible really such an important issue for Seventh-day Adventists?
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Did Ellen White urge the church to ordain women?
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Because our women haven't been ordained, has our church undervalued their work and treated them unfairly?
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Pauline Passages
Why does Paul forbid women to teach as leaders of the congregation?
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Does the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?
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But most of the people I know (many of them, anyway) are in favor of ordaining women as elders or even pastors. Shouldn't this count for something?
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What kind of speaking does Paul prohibit to women in 1 Corinthians 14:34 when he writes, “The women should keep silence in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, as even the law says”?
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Is it true that if Paul's argument about the priority of Adam's creation is valid, then the animals should rule mankind because animals were made before Adam was?
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Old Testament
Were women excluded from the Israelite priesthood because of their frequent ritual impurity caused by menstrual flow?
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Can Joel 2:28 settle the issue for us of men and women filling the same spiritual roles?
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What evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman before the Fall?
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Wasn't Eve's subordination to Adam in Genesis 3:16 a part of the curse, which Christ came to take away?
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Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?
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