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?
What does the New Testament actually say about women in elder-pastor leadership roles?
Was the Biblical exclusion of women from elder-pastor roles a consequence of a prevailing patriarchal, “male-chauvinist” culture and mentality?
Does Ellen White warn against seeking a role or “sphere” different from the one we're assigned by God?
Is the authority of the Bible really such an important issue for Seventh-day Adventists?
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Does the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?
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?
Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?
What does Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 on head coverings mean for us today?
Does the New Testament distinguish between the office of elder and that of pastor?
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What are the implications of this for the issue of ordination of women to the headship positions in the church?
Were women excluded from the Israelite priesthood because of their frequent ritual impurity caused by menstrual flow?
Wasn't Eve's subordination to Adam in Genesis 3:16 a part of the curse, which Christ came to take away?
Is Gen. 1, where man and woman are presented as equals, more trustworthy than Gen. 2, where the woman is subordinate?
Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?
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