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WhereastheunityforwhichJesusprayedisvitallyimportanttothewitnessoftheSeventhday

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.

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