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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
Questions and Answers
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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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What has been the experience of churches that have ordained women as priests or pastors?
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Did Ellen White urge the church to ordain women?
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Isn’t defending gender roles from Scripture just like defending slavery from Scripture?
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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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Pauline Passages
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Is it true that Paul's argument about the priority of Adam's creation (“For Adam was formed first, then Eve,” 1 Timothy 2:13) is faulty because it is based on the wrong Creation account (Genesis 2 instead of Genesis 1) and because it attaches significance to the fact that man was created before woma
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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?
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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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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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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
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Old Testament
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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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Were women excluded from the Israelite priesthood because of their frequent ritual impurity caused by menstrual flow?
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Did Adam “rule over” Eve 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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Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?
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