Adventist Ordination Crisis

What does the Bible teach regarding the role of women in the church?

Didn't Mrs. White encourage women to participate in the work of the church?

Isn’t it a positive evidence that women are called to be ordained when they experience success in soul-winning?

Are altered versions of Ellen White’s writings being circulated to make it seem she supported women’s ordination?

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?

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?

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 is the significance of Paul's discussion about head coverings in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 for the discussion of the role of women in the church?

Does the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?

Why does Paul forbid women to teach as leaders of the congregation?

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?

Can Joel 2:28 settle the issue for us of men and women filling the same spiritual roles?

What evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman before the Fall?

Is Gen. 1, where man and woman are presented as equals, more trustworthy than Gen. 2, where the woman is subordinate?

Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?