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Adventist Ordination Crisis

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This website, which represents the historical Christian position, is dedicated to supporting women in ministry according to the scriptural model. We know, for instance, that in the beginning, God created both man and woman in His image, with equal value and dignity (Galatians 3:28). Moreover, in the Bible, God clearly calls women to use their spiritual gifts in a myriad of different ministries (Joel 2:28, 29). At the same time, the Creator designed men and women with distinct gender traits and appointed them to embrace different roles within the family and the church. It is Holy Scripture that calls men to be the spiritual leaders in these realms (1 Timothy 2:2–5). This site assembles some of the best scholarship and media on this subject from a Seventh-day Adventist perspective.

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The Adventist Ordination Crisis
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Didn't Ellen White have a position of authority in the church?
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Isn’t defending gender roles from Scripture just like defending slavery from Scripture?
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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?
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What has been the experience of churches that have ordained women as priests or pastors?
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Was the Biblical exclusion of women from elder-pastor roles a consequence of a prevailing patriarchal, “male-chauvinist” culture and mentality?
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Pauline Passages
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What does Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 on head coverings mean for us today?
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Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?
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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?
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Why does Paul forbid women to teach as leaders of the congregation?
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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?
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Old Testament
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What are the implications of this for the issue of ordination of women to the headship positions in the church?
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Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?
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What evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman before the Fall?
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Wasn't Eve's subordination to Adam in Genesis 3:16 a part of the curse, which Christ came to take away?
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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?
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