Adventist Ordination Crisis

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

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

Is the authority of the Bible really such an important issue for Seventh-day Adventists?

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

Isn’t it a positive evidence that women are called to be ordained when they experience success in soul-winning?

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 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?

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?

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

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?

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

Can Joel 2:28 settle the issue for us of men and women filling the same spiritual roles?

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?

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