Would voting for a regional option create legal problems for the church?
What does the New Testament actually say about women in elder-pastor leadership roles?
Are altered versions of Ellen White’s writings being circulated to make it seem she supported women’s ordination?
Didn't Ellen White have a position of authority in the church?
Didn't Mrs. White encourage women to participate in the work of the church?
More Questions
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?
Does 1 Timothy 2:12 really forbid all kinds of teaching and speaking by women in the church? If the Adventist Church took Paul's statement literally, “I permit no woman to teach . . . she is to keep silent,” following it would cripple us, since we use the talents of women so heavily in Sabbath Schoo
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”?
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 does Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 on head coverings mean for us today?
More Pauline Passages
Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?
Is Gen. 1, where man and woman are presented as equals, more trustworthy than Gen. 2, where the woman is subordinate?
Wasn't Eve's subordination to Adam in Genesis 3:16 a part of the curse, which Christ came to take away?
What evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman before the Fall?
Can Joel 2:28 settle the issue for us of men and women filling the same spiritual roles?
More from the OT
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