The Adventist Ordination Crisis

The Adventist Ordination Crisis: Biblical Authority or Cultural Conformity

This book is the result of a careful two-year collaborative
study of numerous Seventh-day Adventist leaders,
including concerned pastors, university professors,
conference administrators, physicians, teachers, and lay leaders—men
and women alike—from around the world. Each
felt the message was so important that each was willing to
waive royalties in the interest of seeing this work distributed
as far and wide as possible.

The “featured contributors” listed below constitute only
a portion of those who contributed to this book. Some requested
to not be named due to their positions in conferences,
divisions, and unions in which the topic is most hotly
contested.

God bless each writer, editor, and consultant for the thousands
of combined hours they invested in the cause of disseminating
these truths.

Featured contributors, listed alphabetically:
Doug Batchelor, Stephen Bohr, Allen Davis, Laurel
Damsteegt, Jay Gallimore, Michael Hasel, C. Raymond
Holmes, Jim Howard, Wayne Kablanow, Larry
Kirkpatrick, Daniel Knapp Sr., Kent Knight, Mike
Lambert, Junie Lawson, Don Mackintosh, Carissa
McSherry, Phil Mills, Kevin Paulson, John Peters,
Eugene Prewitt, David Read, Edwin Reynolds, Alvaro
Sauza, Ingo Sorke, Mario Veloso

A Note from the Publishers
Foreword
Introduction
Hermeneutics: How Adventists Study the Bible
The Ordination Study
Section 1: Ordination Basics
Section 2: Spiritual Gifts vs Church Offices with Qualifications
Section 3: Biblical Qualifications for Elder and Bishop/Overseer