Adventist Ordination Crisis

Because our women haven't been ordained, has our church undervalued their work and treated them unfairly?

What does the Bible teach regarding the role of women in the church?

Didn't Mrs. White encourage women to participate in the work of the church?

Are altered versions of Ellen White’s writings being circulated to make it seem she supported women’s ordination?

Did Ellen White urge the church to ordain women?

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?

What does Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 on head coverings mean for us today?

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

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

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?

Were women excluded from the Israelite priesthood because of their frequent ritual impurity caused by menstrual flow?

Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?

What evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman before the Fall?