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Adventist Ordination Crisis
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This website, which represents the historical Christian position, is dedicated to supporting women in ministry according to the scriptural model. We know, for instance, that in the beginning, God created both man and woman in His image, with equal value and dignity (Galatians 3:28). Moreover, in the Bible, God clearly calls women to use their spiritual gifts in a myriad of different ministries (Joel 2:28, 29). At the same time, the Creator designed men and women with distinct gender traits and appointed them to embrace different roles within the family and the church. It is Holy Scripture that calls men to be the spiritual leaders in these realms (1 Timothy 2:2–5). This site assembles some of the best scholarship and media on this subject from a Seventh-day Adventist perspective.
The Adventist Ordination Crisis
Questions and Answers
Would voting for a regional option create legal problems for the church?
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Didn't Mrs. White encourage women to participate in the work of the church?
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Is the authority of the Bible really such an important issue for Seventh-day Adventists?
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Isn’t it a positive evidence that women are called to be ordained when they experience success in soul-winning?
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What does the New Testament actually say about women in elder-pastor leadership roles?
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Pauline Passages
Does the New Testament distinguish between the office of elder and that of pastor?
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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?
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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?
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Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?
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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?
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Old Testament
Is Gen. 1, where man and woman are presented as equals, more trustworthy than Gen. 2, where the woman is subordinate?
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What evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman before the Fall?
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Can Joel 2:28 settle the issue for us of men and women filling the same spiritual roles?
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Were women excluded from the Israelite priesthood because of their frequent ritual impurity caused by menstrual flow?
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Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?
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