Does Ellen White warn against seeking a role or “sphere” different from the one we're assigned by God?
Was the Biblical exclusion of women from elder-pastor roles a consequence of a prevailing patriarchal, “male-chauvinist” culture and mentality?
Would voting for a regional option create legal problems for the church?
Why should the Seventh-day Adventist Church resist pressure to eliminate role distinctions between men and women?
Didn't Ellen White have a position of authority in the church?
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Does the New Testament distinguish between the office of elder and that of pastor?
Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?
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 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?
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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Is Gen. 1, where man and woman are presented as equals, more trustworthy than Gen. 2, where the woman is subordinate?
What evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman before the Fall?
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?
Can Joel 2:28 settle the issue for us of men and women filling the same spiritual roles?
What are the implications of this for the issue of ordination of women to the headship positions in the church?
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