Adventist Ordination Crisis

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

If the Spirit has gifted a woman to preach, who are we to stop her ordination?

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?

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

What does the Bible teach regarding the role of women in the church?

What does Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 on head coverings mean for us today?

What kind of speaking does Paul prohibit to women in 1 Corinthians 14:34 when he writes, “The women should keep silence in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, as even the law says”?

Why does Paul say, “I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men” in the church (1 Timothy 2:12)? Is it because women in his day were uneducated?

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

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

Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?

Wasn't Eve's subordination to Adam in Genesis 3:16 a part of the curse, which Christ came to take away?

Does Mrs. White say that Eve was Adam's equal before the Fall and that only after the Fall was Adam to be her ruler?

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?