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such general practice would expose the church to by a gainsaying
world; but as yet I have never seen from her pen any statement that
would seem to encourage the formal and official ordination of women
to the gospel ministry, to public labor such as is ordinarily expected of
an ordained minister
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“This is not suggesting, much less saying, that no women are fitted
for such public labor, and that none should ever be ordained; it is
simply saying that so far as my knowledge extends, Sister White never
encouraged church officials to depart from the general customs of the
church in those matters.”—C. C. Crisler
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Conclusion
The question of women’s ordination was not high on Ellen White’s
agenda during her lifetime. Her best energies were directed toward
achieving a greater unity and a deeper spirituality in the church
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