Adventist Ordination Crisis

Did Ellen White urge the church to ordain women?

What does the New Testament actually say about women in elder-pastor leadership roles?

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?

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

What has been the experience of churches that have ordained women as priests or pastors?

Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?

Does the New Testament distinguish between the office of elder and that of pastor?

Does the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?

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?

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?

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

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

Is Gen. 1, where man and woman are presented as equals, more trustworthy than Gen. 2, where the woman is subordinate?