With the approach of the General Conference session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in San Antonio, Texas in 2015, advocates of women’s ordination in the church have begun to launch new articles, videos, and websites promoting their views. Some sixty days out from the beginning of the session, six retired church leaders launched a site with video and text doing this very thing. Their site identifies them as “elder statesmen” of the church.
They argue that it is now time for the church to embrace women’s ordination on a per-division basis. They also speak of fracture in the church if women’s ordination is not permitted by the upcoming vote in San Antonio.
The Council of Adventist Pastors (CAP) have viewed the site and video and the arguments of the “elder statesmen.” In the document linked to this post, CAP considers this material and reacts to the ideas and arguments presented by the retired leaders. The Council of Adventist Pastors invites delegates and readers to consider our response in reference to these serious matters.
CLICK ON THIS LINK TO READ THE ARTICLE
Categories
Adventist Elders Alejandro Bullon Angel Rodriguez Breaking news Calvin B. Rock Calvin B. Rock Charles Bradford Columbia Union Conference (CUC) Council of Adventist Pastors (CAP) Culturally driven Doctrine of the Church Doctrine of Unity E-60 Ecclesiastical authority ELCA Elder Statesmen General Conference General Conference Session 2015 San Antonio Guy Erwin It's Time video North American Division (NAD) Northern California Conference Ohio Conference Ordination Without Regard to Gender Pacific Union Conference (PUC) R. Guy Erwin Second Wave Feminist Theology Seventh-day Adventist Church Southeastern California Conference The larger issues Theological pluralism Time magazine Unilateral Action Unity William G. Johnsson Women in Ministry Women's Ordination