Because our women haven't been ordained, has our church undervalued their work and treated them unfairly?
Is the authority of the Bible really such an important issue for Seventh-day Adventists?
Isn’t it a positive evidence that women are called to be ordained when they experience success in soul-winning?
If the Spirit has gifted a woman to preach, who are we to stop her ordination?
What is Ellen White's relationship to this issue? Was she ever ordained?
More Questions
Why does Paul forbid women to teach as leaders of the congregation?
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?
What does Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 on head coverings mean for us today?
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?
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”?
More Pauline Passages
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?
Can Joel 2:28 settle the issue for us of men and women filling the same spiritual roles?
What evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman before the Fall?
What are the implications of this for the issue of ordination of women to the headship positions in the church?
More from the OT
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