The Adventist Ordination Crisis

Fed by a media with few moral borders, our culture is now witnessing a tidal wave of gender role confusion: California calls for transgender bathrooms on campuses, activists clamor for federal laws supporting same-sex marriage, and TV audiences are transfixed by programs celebrating polygamy …It is against this backdrop of cultural distortions regarding sexuality that the Seventh-day Adventist Church must now address what could potentially be the greatest crisis of its 150-year history. Do we believe that role distinctions between men and women should be defined by the ever-changing culture around us … or by the Word of God?Answering this question is the vital purpose of The Adventist Ordination Crisis: Biblical Authority or Cultural Conformity?, the culmination of a careful two-year study by church leaders, including concerned pastors, professors, conference administrators, physicians, teachers, and lay leaders—men and women alike—from around the world who are dedicated to presenting