Was the Biblical exclusion of women from elder-pastor roles a consequence of a prevailing patriarchal, “male-chauvinist” culture and mentality?
What has been the experience of churches that have ordained women as priests or pastors?
What does the New Testament actually say about women in elder-pastor leadership roles?
Would voting for a regional option create legal problems for the church?
If the Spirit has gifted a woman to preach, who are we to stop her ordination?
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What does Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 on head coverings mean for us today?
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?
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
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”?
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
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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?
Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?
Can Joel 2:28 settle the issue for us of men and women filling the same spiritual roles?
What are the implications of this for the issue of ordination of women to the headship positions in the church?
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