Did Ellen White urge
the church to ordain women?
To the Gospel ministry
and as elders? No. She urged that certain women who were “willing to consecrate
some of their time to the service of the Lord should be appointed to visit the
sick, look after the young, and minister to the necessities of the poor. They
should be set apart to this work by prayer and laying on of hands” ( Review
and Herald , July 9, 1895). It was “to this work,” a personal work of
visitation and mercy, that they were to be set apart. This is not the same as
the role of church leadership entrusted to the pastor or elder.
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