What does the New Testament actually say about women in elder-pastor leadership roles?
Was the Biblical exclusion of women from elder-pastor roles a consequence of a prevailing patriarchal, “male-chauvinist” culture and mentality?
Isn’t defending gender roles from Scripture just like defending slavery from Scripture?
Because our women haven't been ordained, has our church undervalued their work and treated them unfairly?
Why should the Seventh-day Adventist Church resist pressure to eliminate role distinctions between men and women?
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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?
Does the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?
What does Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 on head coverings mean for us today?
Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?
Why does Paul say, “I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men” in the church (1 Timothy 2:12)? Is it because women in his day were uneducated?
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Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?
Is Gen. 1, where man and woman are presented as equals, more trustworthy than Gen. 2, where the woman is subordinate?
What are the implications of this for the issue of ordination of women to the headship positions in the church?
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?
Were women excluded from the Israelite priesthood because of their frequent ritual impurity caused by menstrual flow?
More from the OT
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