What does the Bible teach regarding the role of women 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?
Was the Biblical exclusion of women from elder-pastor roles a consequence of a prevailing patriarchal, “male-chauvinist” culture and mentality?
Does Ellen White warn against seeking a role or “sphere” different from the one we're assigned by God?
More Questions
Does the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?
Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?
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?
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?
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?
More Pauline Passages
Is Gen. 1, where man and woman are presented as equals, more trustworthy than Gen. 2, where the woman is subordinate?
Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?
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?
What evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman before the Fall?
More from the OT
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