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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.

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The Adventist Ordination Crisis
Questions and Answers
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What has been the experience of churches that have ordained women as priests or pastors?
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If the Spirit has gifted a woman to preach, who are we to stop her ordination?
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What does the Bible teach regarding the role of women in the church?
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Was the Biblical exclusion of women from elder-pastor roles a consequence of a prevailing patriarchal, “male-chauvinist” culture and mentality?
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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
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Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?
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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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Does the New Testament distinguish between the office of elder and that of pastor?
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What does Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 on head coverings mean for us today?
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Does 1 Timothy 2:12 really forbid all kinds of teaching and speaking by women in the church? If the Adventist Church took Paul's statement literally, “I permit no woman to teach . . . she is to keep silent,” following it would cripple us, since we use the talents of women so heavily in Sabbath Schoo
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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 are the implications of this for the issue of ordination of women to the headship positions in the church?
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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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Were women excluded from the Israelite priesthood because of their frequent ritual impurity caused by menstrual flow?
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Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?
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