Why should the Seventh-day Adventist Church resist pressure to eliminate role distinctions between men and women?
Didn't Mrs. White encourage women to participate in the work of the church?
If the Spirit has gifted a woman to preach, who are we to stop her 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?
What is Ellen White's relationship to this issue? Was she ever ordained?
More Questions
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”?
Does the New Testament distinguish between the office of elder and that of pastor?
Is it true that if Paul's argument about the priority of Adam's creation is valid, then the animals should rule mankind because animals were made before Adam was?
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 Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?
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?
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?
What are the implications of this for the issue of ordination of women to the headship positions in the church?
Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?
More from the OT
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