Because our women haven't been ordained, has our church undervalued their work and treated them unfairly?
Isn’t defending gender roles from Scripture just like defending slavery from Scripture?
Was the Biblical exclusion of women from elder-pastor roles a consequence of a prevailing patriarchal, “male-chauvinist” culture and mentality?
Isn’t it a positive evidence that women are called to be ordained when they experience success in soul-winning?
What is Ellen White's relationship to this issue? Was she ever ordained?
More Questions
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”?
Why does Paul forbid women to teach as leaders of the congregation?
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?
More Pauline Passages
What evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman before the Fall?
Is Gen. 1, where man and woman are presented as equals, more trustworthy than Gen. 2, where the woman is subordinate?
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?
Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?
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