No. Notice what Ellen White says about men:
“It is not a positive evidence that men are called of God because they have some success; for angels of God are now moving upon the hearts of His honest children to enlighten their understanding as to the present truth, that they may lay hold upon it and live. And even if self-sent men put themselves where God does not put them and profess to be teachers, and souls receive the truth by hearing them talk it, this is no evidence that they are called of God. The souls who receive the truth from them receive it to be brought into trial and bondage, as they afterward find that these men were not standing in the counsel of God”
(EW 97, 98).
Visible success in any line of work cannot contradict the written counsel of God regarding gender roles in ministry. It is entirely possible for an ordained woman to have an outwardly successful preaching ministry and still not be sent of God. “Likewise, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart; prophesy against them” (Ezek. 13:17). |