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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 does the New Testament actually say about women in elder-pastor leadership roles?
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What is Ellen White's relationship to this issue? Was she ever ordained?
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If the Spirit has gifted a woman to preach, who are we to stop her ordination?
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Because our women haven't been ordained, has our church undervalued their work and treated them unfairly?
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Did Ellen White urge the church to ordain women?
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Pauline Passages
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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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?
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Does the New Testament distinguish between the office of elder and that of pastor?
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Why does Paul forbid women to teach as leaders of the congregation?
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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”?
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Old Testament
Were women excluded from the Israelite priesthood because of their frequent ritual impurity caused by menstrual flow?
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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?
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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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Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?
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Wasn't Eve's subordination to Adam in Genesis 3:16 a part of the curse, which Christ came to take away?
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