Adventist Ordination Crisis

Why should the Seventh-day Adventist Church resist pressure to eliminate role distinctions between men and women?

Does Ellen White warn against seeking a role or “sphere” different from the one we're assigned by God?

Didn't Ellen White have a position of authority in the church?

Is the authority of the Bible really such an important issue for Seventh-day Adventists?

If the Spirit has gifted a woman to preach, who are we to stop her ordination?

Does 1 Timothy 2:12 really forbid all kinds of teaching and speaking by women in the church? If the Adventist Church took Paul's statement literally, “I permit no woman to teach . . . she is to keep silent,” following it would cripple us, since we use the talents of women so heavily in Sabbath Schoo

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?

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”?

Does the New Testament distinguish between the office of elder and that of pastor?

Does the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?

Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?

Wasn't Eve's subordination to Adam in Genesis 3:16 a part of the curse, which Christ came to take away?

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?

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?