Adventist Ordination Crisis

Why should the Seventh-day Adventist Church resist pressure to eliminate role distinctions between men and women?

Because our women haven't been ordained, has our church undervalued their work and treated them unfairly?

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

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?

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?

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?

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

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

What evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman before the Fall?

Were women excluded from the Israelite priesthood because of their frequent ritual impurity caused by menstrual flow?

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

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