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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.
The Adventist Ordination Crisis
Questions and Answers
What is Ellen White's relationship to this issue? Was she ever ordained?
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Isn’t defending gender roles from Scripture just like defending slavery from Scripture?
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Didn't Ellen White have a position of authority in the church?
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Did Ellen White urge the church to ordain women?
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Are altered versions of Ellen White’s writings being circulated to make it seem she supported women’s ordination?
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Pauline Passages
Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?
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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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What does Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 on head coverings mean for us today?
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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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Does the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?
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Old Testament
What are the implications of this for the issue of ordination of women to the headship positions in the church?
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Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?
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What evidence is there for a “structure” in the relationship of the man and woman 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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