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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.

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The Adventist Ordination Crisis
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What has been the experience of churches that have ordained women as priests or pastors?
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Would voting for a regional option create legal problems for the church?
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Didn't Ellen White have a position of authority in the church?
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Isn’t defending gender roles from Scripture just like defending slavery from Scripture?
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Why is the issue of the ordination of women as elders or pastors of such crucial importance for the Seventh - day Adventist Church at this time?
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Pauline Passages
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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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Does the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?
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What does Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 on head coverings mean for us today?
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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”?
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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?
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Old Testament
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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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Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?
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Were women excluded from the Israelite priesthood because of their frequent ritual impurity caused by menstrual flow?
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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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Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?
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