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Adventist Ordination Crisis
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This website, which represents the historical Christian position, is dedicated to supporting women in ministry according to the scriptural model. We know, for instance, that in the beginning, God created both man and woman in His image, with equal value and dignity (Galatians 3:28). Moreover, in the Bible, God clearly calls women to use their spiritual gifts in a myriad of different ministries (Joel 2:28, 29). At the same time, the Creator designed men and women with distinct gender traits and appointed them to embrace different roles within the family and the church. It is Holy Scripture that calls men to be the spiritual leaders in these realms (1 Timothy 2:2–5). This site assembles some of the best scholarship and media on this subject from a Seventh-day Adventist perspective.
The Adventist Ordination Crisis
Questions and Answers
Does Ellen White warn against seeking a role or “sphere” different from the one we're assigned by God?
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What does the Bible teach regarding the role of women in the church?
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Did Ellen White urge the church to ordain women?
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What has been the experience of churches that have ordained women as priests or pastors?
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What is Ellen White's relationship to this issue? Was she ever ordained?
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Pauline Passages
What does Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 on head coverings mean for us today?
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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?
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Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?
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Does the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?
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Why does Paul forbid women to teach as leaders of the congregation?
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Old Testament
Wasn't Eve's subordination to Adam in Genesis 3:16 a part of the curse, which Christ came to take away?
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Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?
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Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?
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Can Joel 2:28 settle the issue for us of men and women filling the same spiritual roles?
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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?
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