Didn't Ellen White have
a position of authority in the church?
Her authority was in
the messages God gave her rather than in any position the church gave her. She
specifically rejected the idea of a leadership position in the church. “It is
not right for you to suppose that I am striving to be first, striving for
leadership. . . . I want it to be understood that I have no ambition to have
the name of leader, or any other name that may be given me, except that of a
messenger of God. I claim no other name or position” (Letter 320, 1905;
Manuscript Release #340).
“I am not to appear before the people as holding any other position than that
of a messenger with a message” ( Testimonies for the Church , vol. 8, p.
237).
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