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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.

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The Adventist Ordination Crisis
Questions and Answers
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What has been the experience of churches that have ordained women as priests or pastors?
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If the Spirit has gifted a woman to preach, who are we to stop her ordination?
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Is the authority of the Bible really such an important issue for Seventh-day Adventists?
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Didn't Mrs. White encourage women to participate in the work of the church?
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Didn't Ellen White have a position of authority in the church?
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Pauline Passages
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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?
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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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Does the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?
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Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?
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Why does Paul forbid women to teach as leaders of the congregation?
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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 are the implications of this for the issue of ordination of women to the headship positions in the church?
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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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What evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman before the Fall?
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Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?
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