Adventist Ordination Crisis

Does Ellen White warn against seeking a role or “sphere” different from the one we're assigned by God?

Is the authority of the Bible really such an important issue for Seventh-day Adventists?

If the Spirit has gifted a woman to preach, who are we to stop her ordination?

Didn't Mrs. White encourage women to participate in the work of the church?

What is Ellen White's relationship to this issue? Was she ever ordained?

Does the New Testament distinguish between the office of elder and that of pastor?

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?

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

What is the significance of Paul's discussion about head coverings in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 for the discussion of the role of women in the church?

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”?

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

Can Joel 2:28 settle the issue for us of men and women filling the same spiritual roles?

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?

Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?

What evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman before the Fall?