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Adventist Ordination Crisis
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This website, which represents the historical Christian position, is dedicated to supporting women in ministry according to the scriptural model. We know, for instance, that in the beginning, God created both man and woman in His image, with equal value and dignity (Galatians 3:28). Moreover, in the Bible, God clearly calls women to use their spiritual gifts in a myriad of different ministries (Joel 2:28, 29). At the same time, the Creator designed men and women with distinct gender traits and appointed them to embrace different roles within the family and the church. It is Holy Scripture that calls men to be the spiritual leaders in these realms (1 Timothy 2:2–5). This site assembles some of the best scholarship and media on this subject from a Seventh-day Adventist perspective.
The Adventist Ordination Crisis
Questions and Answers
What is Ellen White's relationship to this issue? Was she ever ordained?
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Would voting for a regional option create legal problems for the church?
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Does Ellen White warn against seeking a role or “sphere” different from the one we're assigned by God?
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Isn’t defending gender roles from Scripture just like defending slavery from Scripture?
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Didn't Ellen White have a position of authority in the church?
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Pauline Passages
Does the New Testament distinguish between the office of elder and that of pastor?
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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?
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Why does Paul forbid women to teach as leaders of the congregation?
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What does Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 on head coverings mean for us today?
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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”?
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Old Testament
Wasn't Eve's subordination to Adam in Genesis 3:16 a part of the curse, which Christ came to take away?
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What evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman before the Fall?
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Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?
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Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?
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Is Gen. 1, where man and woman are presented as equals, more trustworthy than Gen. 2, where the woman is subordinate?
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