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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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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 it a positive evidence that women are called to be ordained when they experience success in soul-winning?
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Is the authority of the Bible really such an important issue for Seventh-day Adventists?
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Did Ellen White urge the church to ordain women?
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Pauline Passages
Does the New Testament distinguish between the office of elder and that of pastor?
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Why does Paul forbid women to teach as leaders of the congregation?
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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 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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Why does Paul appeal to Adam's being created before Eve to justify his injunction that women should not be permitted “to teach or to have authority over men” (1 Timothy 2:12)? Is it arbitrary to assign leadership on the basis of priority of creation?
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Old Testament
Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?
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Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?
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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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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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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?
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