Didn't Ellen White have a position of authority in the church?
Was the Biblical exclusion of women from elder-pastor roles a consequence of a prevailing patriarchal, “male-chauvinist” culture and mentality?
Isn’t defending gender roles from Scripture just like defending slavery from Scripture?
What is Ellen White's relationship to this issue? Was she ever ordained?
What does the Bible teach regarding the role of women in the church?
More Questions
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 the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?
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”?
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?
More Pauline Passages
Can Joel 2:28 settle the issue for us of men and women filling the same spiritual roles?
Wasn't Eve's subordination to Adam in Genesis 3:16 a part of the curse, which Christ came to take away?
Is Gen. 1, where man and woman are presented as equals, more trustworthy than Gen. 2, where the woman is subordinate?
Were women excluded from the Israelite priesthood because of their frequent ritual impurity caused by menstrual flow?
What evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman before the Fall?
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