Adventist Ordination Crisis

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

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

Did Ellen White urge the church to ordain women?

Would voting for a regional option create legal problems for the church?

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

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

Does 1 Timothy 2:12 really forbid all kinds of teaching and speaking by women in the church? If the Adventist Church took Paul's statement literally, “I permit no woman to teach . . . she is to keep silent,” following it would cripple us, since we use the talents of women so heavily in Sabbath Schoo

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?

Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?

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?

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?

Wasn't Eve's subordination to Adam in Genesis 3:16 a part of the curse, which Christ came to take away?

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?

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