Adventist Ordination Crisis

Didn't Mrs. White encourage women to participate in the work of the church?

Didn't Ellen White have a position of authority in the church?

What has been the experience of churches that have ordained women as priests or pastors?

Isn’t it a positive evidence that women are called to be ordained when they experience success in soul-winning?

Was the Biblical exclusion of women from elder-pastor roles a consequence of a prevailing patriarchal, “male-chauvinist” culture and mentality?

Does the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?

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?

Why does Paul forbid women to teach as leaders of the congregation?

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?

Why does Paul say, “I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men” in the church (1 Timothy 2:12)? Is it because women in his day were uneducated?

What evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman before the Fall?

Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?

Can Joel 2:28 settle the issue for us of men and women filling the same spiritual roles?

Were women excluded from the Israelite priesthood because of their frequent ritual impurity caused by menstrual flow?

Is Gen. 1, where man and woman are presented as equals, more trustworthy than Gen. 2, where the woman is subordinate?