What is Ellen White's relationship to this issue? Was she ever ordained?
Did Ellen White urge the church to ordain women?
Didn't Ellen White have a position of authority in the church?
Why should the Seventh-day Adventist Church resist pressure to eliminate role distinctions between men and women?
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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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 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?
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?
Is it true that if Paul's argument about the priority of Adam's creation is valid, then the animals should rule mankind because animals were made before Adam was?
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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 evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman before the Fall?
Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?
What are the implications of this for the issue of ordination of women to the headship positions in the church?
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