If the Spirit has gifted a woman to preach, who are we to stop her ordination?
Is the authority of the Bible really such an important issue for Seventh-day Adventists?
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?
Would voting for a regional option create legal problems for the church?
More Questions
Why does Paul forbid women to teach as leaders of the congregation?
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?
Does 1 Timothy 2:12 really forbid all kinds of teaching and speaking by women in the church? If the Adventist Church took Paul's statement literally, “I permit no woman to teach . . . she is to keep silent,” following it would cripple us, since we use the talents of women so heavily in Sabbath Schoo
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?
More Pauline Passages
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?
Were women excluded from the Israelite priesthood because of their frequent ritual impurity caused by menstrual flow?
Wasn't Eve's subordination to Adam in Genesis 3:16 a part of the curse, which Christ came to take away?
Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?
More from the OT
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