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?
Are altered versions of Ellen White’s writings being circulated to make it seem she supported women’s ordination?
What does the Bible teach regarding the role of women in the church?
Isn’t defending gender roles from Scripture just like defending slavery from Scripture?
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Does 1 Timothy 2:12 really forbid all kinds of teaching and speaking by women in the church? If the Adventist Church took Paul's statement literally, “I permit no woman to teach . . . she is to keep silent,” following it would cripple us, since we use the talents of women so heavily in Sabbath Schoo
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”?
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?
What does Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 on head coverings mean for us today?
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?
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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?
What are the implications of this for the issue of ordination of women to the headship positions in the church?
Is Gen. 1, where man and woman are presented as equals, more trustworthy than Gen. 2, where the woman is subordinate?
Can Joel 2:28 settle the issue for us of men and women filling the same spiritual roles?
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