Is the authority of the Bible really such an important issue for Seventh-day Adventists?
Why is the issue of the ordination of women as elders or pastors of such crucial importance for the Seventh - day Adventist Church at this time?
Why should the Seventh-day Adventist Church resist pressure to eliminate role distinctions between men and women?
Because our women haven't been ordained, has our church undervalued their work and treated them unfairly?
What has been the experience of churches that have ordained women as priests or pastors?
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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
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?
Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?
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?
Does the New Testament distinguish between the office of elder and that of pastor?
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Is Gen. 1, where man and woman are presented as equals, more trustworthy than Gen. 2, where the woman is subordinate?
Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?
Were women excluded from the Israelite priesthood because of their frequent ritual impurity caused by menstrual flow?
Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?
What are the implications of this for the issue of ordination of women to the headship positions in the church?
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