Adventist Ordination Crisis

Was the Biblical exclusion of women from elder-pastor roles a consequence of a prevailing patriarchal, “male-chauvinist” culture and mentality?

Did Ellen White urge the church to ordain women?

Is the authority of the Bible really such an important issue for Seventh-day Adventists?

Does Ellen White warn against seeking a role or “sphere” different from the one we're assigned by God?

Didn't Mrs. White encourage women to participate in the work of the church?

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

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?

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

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?

Can Joel 2:28 settle the issue for us of men and women filling the same spiritual roles?

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

Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?

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

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