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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
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Isn’t it a positive evidence that women are called to be ordained when they experience success in soul-winning?
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What is Ellen White's relationship to this issue? Was she ever ordained?
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Would voting for a regional option create legal problems for 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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Does Ellen White warn against seeking a role or “sphere” different from the one we're assigned by God?
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Pauline Passages
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Why does Paul appeal to Adam's being created before Eve to justify his injunction that women should not be permitted “to teach or to have authority over men” (1 Timothy 2:12)? Is it arbitrary to assign leadership on the basis of priority of creation?
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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 the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?
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What is the significance of Paul's discussion about head coverings in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 for the discussion of the role of women in the church?
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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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Old Testament
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Did Adam “rule over” Eve 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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Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?
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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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Were women excluded from the Israelite priesthood because of their frequent ritual impurity caused by menstrual flow?
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