Spectrum posted this piece on its blog on February 14, 2012. Two members of the ONE in Christ action committee were invited to contribute their views.
More»On January 5, 2012 Jared Wright published an article on the Spectrum Blog entitled “Ordination Equality Gains Momentum,” focusing mainly on the launch of ONE in Christ. On February 14, 2012 a Spanish-language piece based on the earlier article entitled “Nueva iniciativa para la ordenación de la mujer” appeared in Café Hispano on the Spectrum [...]
More»In this piece on the Adventist Today blog, David Hamstra argues that the Adventist Church should eliminate ordination of clergy in favor of commissioning. Because women pastors can be commissioned, the commissioning of men would produce equality in ministry. Hamstra appears to be serious, proposing that ordination has more to do with power than does [...]
More»Some have asked about the differences in duties, responsibilities, and rights between ordained pastors and commissioned pastors. The following summary is derived from the Seventh-day Adventist Church Manual, 18th edition (2010). For perspective we have included a comparison to the ordained local elder for the related areas of responsibility.
More»Azalea Lehndorff posted a wonderfully relevant testimony and expression of support on our Facebook page today. It deals with her observations and reflections about life in Afghanistan and the difference that the Gospel truth of equality for all can make. Check it out and add your supportive comments.
More»Check out this important post by Keith Holland on our Facebook page along with his own additions and comments and those of others: “RESOLVED, That females possessing the necessary qualifications to fill that position, may, with perfect propriety, be set apart by ordination to the work of the Christian ministry. This was discussed by J. [...]
More»On January 1, 2012, Bonnie Dwyer published an enlightening piece on the Spectrum Blog entitled “Top Ten Adventist Stories in 2011.” Three of the ten stories relate to the issue that is central to ONE in Christ—the ordination of Adventist clergy without regard to gender. The numbers 1 and 2 stories respectively concern the North [...]
More»On January 1, 2012, ONE in Christ launched. This is the campaign for the Southeastern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists to immediately begin the ordination of all qualified pastors without regard to gender.
More»ONE in Christ is committed to the Gospel principle that all members of the Body of Christ are one—one in ethnicity, one in social status, and one in gender—in their standing before God, in their access to the Good News, and in their call to serve in official and unofficial roles. They are “one in [...]
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