Adventist Ordination Crisis

What is Ellen White's relationship to this issue? Was she ever ordained?

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?

Isn’t defending gender roles from Scripture just like defending slavery from Scripture?

What does the Bible teach regarding the role of women in the church?

Does the Bible clearly teach that a church elder should be a man and not a woman?

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?

Does the New Testament distinguish between the office of elder and that of pastor?

Why does Paul appeal to Adam's being created before Eve to justify his injunction that women should not be permitted “to teach or to have authority over men” (1 Timothy 2:12)? Is it arbitrary to assign leadership on the basis of priority of creation?

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”?

Can Joel 2:28 settle the issue for us of men and women filling the same spiritual roles?

Were women excluded from the Israelite priesthood because of their frequent ritual impurity caused by menstrual flow?

Did Adam “rule over” Eve before the Fall?

Are “equality in being” and “subordination in function” contradictory terms?

What are the implications of this for the issue of ordination of women to the headship positions in the church?