Adventist Ordination Crisis

Didn't Ellen White have a position of authority in the church?

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

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?

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

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

What does Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 on head coverings mean for us today?

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?

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

What are the implications of this for the issue of ordination of women to the headship positions in the church?

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

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?

Wasn't Eve's subordination to Adam in Genesis 3:16 a part of the curse, which Christ came to take away?

Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?