Last year ADvindicate submitted an application for a booth in the exhibit hall at the 2015 General Conference Session, but after cashing our check and giving us an exhibit number, we received an email from General Conference Exhibit Manager Dean Rogers stating ADvindicate would not be permitted to have a booth at the session.
Read MoreDo the Writings of Ellen White Authorize Female Ordination?
When we read Ellen White in context, she confirms what Scripture teaches. Men are the heads and priests of their families, and that headship role carries over into the church, to the male office of elder/overseer. Ellen White does not contradict Scripture on the roles of the sexes in the church, but rather fleshes them out, suggesting ways that women should be involved in a ministry that will complement the ministry of the male elders/overseers.
Read MoreThe time is at hand
“All the world wondered after the beast” (Revelation 13:3), predicts God’s Word. A careful study of Daniel 7 and Revelation 13 reveals that this “beast” is a symbol of the Roman Catholic Church, whose authority is centered in the Pope.
Read MoreThe unique headship of Christ
In the end, the fact that Christ is the Head of the church is an ad oculos (obvious on sight), but redundant proclamation, which nearly everyone agrees with.
Read MoreEqual, but not the same
Some people teach women's equality with men should qualify women to assume any office or authoritative role generally and traditionally held by men. I would like to examine this ideology from a biblical, logical and Spirit of Prophecy perspective.
Read MoreThe One Project's ecclesiological contribution analyzed
The One Project ministry and other like-minded ministries, there seems to be a kind of pre-determined, desired end in mind: a church that is informed and designed by Emerging Church theology because it is so in need of such rescue.
Read MoreDoes the life of Ellen White authorize female ordination?
Among many Adventists who have a high regard for the prophetic authority of Ellen White, there is an inchoate but strong feeling that the example of her life somehow did away with the pattern of male spiritual leadership found throughout Scripture.
Read MoreAdventist culture vs. Adventist faith
As I read negative reports in publications such as Spectrum Magazine and articles from SDA Kinship, there is something quite blazingly apparent to me. The accepted rule of faith and practice appears to be that of “political correctness” and “conventional thinking” rather than a plain “thus saith the Lord.”
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