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AdventistChurch,and
WhereastheSeventhdayAdventistChurchseekstoengageeverymemberinitsworldwide
missiontomakedisciplesofJesusChristamongpeoplefromeverynation,cultureandethnicity,
and
WhereasvariousgroupsappointedbytheGeneralConferenceanditsdivisionshavecarefully
studiestheBibleandEllenGWhitewritingswithrespecttotheordinationofwomenandhave
notarrivedatconsensusastowhetherministerialordinationforwomenisunilaterallyaffirmed
ordenied,and
WhereastheSeventhdayAdventistChurchaffirmsthatGodhasordainedthatthe
representativesofHisChurchfromallpartsoftheearth,whenassembledinaGeneral
ConferenceSession,shallhaveauthority,
Therefore,theGeneralConferenceExecutiveCommitteerequestsdelegatesintheirsacred
responsibilitytoGodatthe2015GeneralConferenceSessiontorespondtothefollowing
question:
AfteryourthoroughstudyoftheBible,thewritingsofEllenGWhite,andthereportsofthestudy
commissionsonordination,and
AfteryourcarefulconsiderationofwhatisbestfortheChurchandthefulfillmentofitsmission,
Isitacceptablefordivisionexecutivecommittees,astheymaydeemitappropriateintheir
territories,tomakeprovisionfortheordinationofwomentothegospelministry?YesorNo.