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?
Didn't Ellen White have a position of authority in the church?
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?
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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?
Does the New Testament distinguish between the office of elder and that of pastor?
Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?
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?
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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Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?
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?
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?
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