Does Ellen White warn against seeking a role or “sphere” different from the one we're assigned by God?
Would voting for a regional option create legal problems for the church?
What does the Bible teach regarding the role of women in the church?
What does the New Testament actually say about women in elder-pastor leadership roles?
Isn’t defending gender roles from Scripture just like defending slavery from Scripture?
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Why not ordain women as local elders? Doing so wouldn't mean we would ordain women later as pastors, would it?
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?
Does the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?
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”?
Does 1 Timothy 2:12 really forbid all kinds of teaching and speaking by women in the church? If the Adventist Church took Paul's statement literally, “I permit no woman to teach . . . she is to keep silent,” following it would cripple us, since we use the talents of women so heavily in Sabbath Schoo
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What are the implications of this for the issue of ordination of women to the headship positions in the church?
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?
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?
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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