Adventist Ordination Crisis

Isn’t defending gender roles from Scripture just like defending slavery from Scripture?

Did Ellen White urge the church to ordain women?

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

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

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

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

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?

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?

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 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?

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

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?

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

Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?

Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?