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?
What does the New Testament actually say about women in elder-pastor leadership roles?
Because our women haven't been ordained, has our church undervalued their work and treated them unfairly?
Would voting for a regional option create legal problems for the church?
Isn’t defending gender roles from Scripture just like defending slavery from Scripture?
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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?
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?
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?
Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?
What kind of speaking does Paul prohibit to women in 1 Corinthians 14:34 when he writes, “The women should keep silence in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, as even the law says”?
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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?
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?
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?
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