Didn't Mrs. White encourage women to participate in the work of the church?
Was the Biblical exclusion of women from elder-pastor roles a consequence of a prevailing patriarchal, “male-chauvinist” culture and mentality?
Because our women haven't been ordained, has our church undervalued their work and treated them unfairly?
Isn’t it a positive evidence that women are called to be ordained when they experience success in soul-winning?
Isn’t defending gender roles from Scripture just like defending slavery from Scripture?
More Questions
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”?
Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?
Does the New Testament distinguish between the office of elder and that of pastor?
Does the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?
What does Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 on head coverings mean for us today?
More Pauline Passages
Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?
Wasn't Eve's subordination to Adam in Genesis 3:16 a part of the curse, which Christ came to take away?
Can Joel 2:28 settle the issue for us of men and women filling the same spiritual roles?
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?
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