Adventist Ordination Crisis

What has been the experience of churches that have ordained women as priests or pastors?

If the Spirit has gifted a woman to preach, who are we to stop her ordination?

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

What does the New Testament actually say about women in elder-pastor leadership roles?

Was the Biblical exclusion of women from elder-pastor roles a consequence of a prevailing patriarchal, “male-chauvinist” culture and mentality?

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?

Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?

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?

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

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?

Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?

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?

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?