Because our women haven't been ordained, has our church undervalued their work and treated them unfairly?
Didn't Mrs. White encourage women to participate in the work of the church?
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?
What does the New Testament actually say about women in elder-pastor leadership roles?
More Questions
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?
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?
Does the New Testament distinguish between the office of elder and that of pastor?
Why does Paul appeal to Adam's being created before Eve to justify his injunction that women should not be permitted “to teach or to have authority over men” (1 Timothy 2:12)? Is it arbitrary to assign leadership on the basis of priority of creation?
More Pauline Passages
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?
What evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman 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?
Can Joel 2:28 settle the issue for us of men and women filling the same spiritual roles?
Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?
More from the OT
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