Adventist Ordination Crisis

What does the New Testament actually say about women in elder-pastor leadership roles?

What does the Bible teach regarding the role of women in the church?

Isn’t defending gender roles from Scripture just like defending slavery from Scripture?

Why should the Seventh-day Adventist Church resist pressure to eliminate role distinctions between men and women?

If the Spirit has gifted a woman to preach, who are we to stop her ordination?

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?

What does Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 on head coverings mean for us today?

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?

Is it true that Paul's argument about the priority of Adam's creation (“For Adam was formed first, then Eve,” 1 Timothy 2:13) is faulty because it is based on the wrong Creation account (Genesis 2 instead of Genesis 1) and because it attaches significance to the fact that man was created before woma

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?

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

Does Mrs. White say that Eve was Adam's equal before the Fall and that only after the Fall was Adam to be her ruler?

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

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

What are the implications of this for the issue of ordination of women to the headship positions in the church?