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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.

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The Adventist Ordination Crisis
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What has been the experience of churches that have ordained women as priests or pastors?
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What does the Bible teach regarding the role of women in the church?
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Because our women haven't been ordained, has our church undervalued their work and treated them unfairly?
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What does the New Testament actually say about women in elder-pastor leadership roles?
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Didn't Ellen White have a position of authority in the church?
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Pauline Passages
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What does Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 on head coverings mean for us today?
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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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Is it true that Paul's argument about the priority of Adam's creation (“For Adam was formed first, then Eve,” 1 Timothy 2:13) is faulty because it is based on the wrong Creation account (Genesis 2 instead of Genesis 1) and because it attaches significance to the fact that man was created before woma
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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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Does the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?
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Old Testament
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What are the implications of this for the issue of ordination of women to the headship positions in the church?
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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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Can Joel 2:28 settle the issue for us of men and women filling the same spiritual roles?
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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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