Was the Biblical exclusion of women from elder-pastor roles a consequence of a prevailing patriarchal, “male-chauvinist” culture and mentality?
Did Ellen White urge the church to ordain women?
If the Spirit has gifted a woman to preach, who are we to stop her ordination?
Does Ellen White warn against seeking a role or “sphere” different from the one we're assigned by God?
Isn’t defending gender roles from Scripture just like defending slavery from Scripture?
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?
Does the New Testament distinguish between the office of elder and that of pastor?
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 Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?
Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?
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?
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?
Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?
Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?
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