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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
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Because our women haven't been ordained, has our church undervalued their work and treated them unfairly?
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Isn’t defending gender roles from Scripture just like defending slavery from Scripture?
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Was the Biblical exclusion of women from elder-pastor roles a consequence of a prevailing patriarchal, “male-chauvinist” culture and mentality?
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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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What is Ellen White's relationship to this issue? Was she ever ordained?
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Pauline Passages
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Does the New Testament distinguish between the office of elder and that of pastor?
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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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Why does Paul forbid women to teach as leaders of the congregation?
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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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Does the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?
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Old Testament
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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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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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Were women excluded from the Israelite priesthood because of their frequent ritual impurity caused by menstrual flow?
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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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