I have asked for my article "Accusing the brethren: an analysis of Nick Miller's 'final arguments'" to be pulled from ADvindicate's website.
Read MoreThe overlooked mandate from TOSC
We are heading into the final days before the discussion and vote at the General Conference on the ordination question facing the world church. There is really nothing more to be said about the substance of the underlying issues of gender and ordination.
Read MoreThey are for war: ordination and unnecessary conflict
In a nutshell, the moderate position accepts that the Bible reveals an organizational ideal for male leadership in the church. It also recognizes, however, that the Bible indicates that this kind of organizational ideal is one that can be modified and adapted in certain circumstances, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to further the salvational mission and purpose of the Church.
Read MoreRoundup of divisional reports on female ordination
About a year prior to the first meeting of the Theology of Ordination Study Committee (TOSC), each of the biblical research committees of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's 13 divisions were tasked with producing its own report. Some of the divisions did not have a biblical research committee, and so some committees were formed for this specific project.
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