This section contains the eighteen research papers and two of the devotional presentations that were presented at the July 2013 TOSC meeting and approved for release; in some cases, authors have made minor revisions to their papers since presenting them.
July 2013: Papers presented
This section contains the eighteen research papers and two of the devotional presentations that were presented at the July 2013 TOSC meeting and approved for release; in some cases, authors have made minor revisions to their papers since presenting them.
The Ordination of Women in Seventh-day Adventist Policy and Practice, up to 1972
David TrimPDF (0.4MB)
Women's Status and Ordination as Elders or Bishops in the Early Church, Reformation, and Post-Reformation Eras
P. Gerard DamsteegtPDF (1MB)
Back to Creation: Toward a Consistent Adventist Creation—Fall—Re-Creation Hermeneutic
Jiri MoskalaPDF (0.6MB)
Man and Woman in Genesis 1-3: Ontological Equality and Role Differentiation
Paul Ratsara and Daniel BediakoPDF (0.6MB)
Issues Relating to the Ordination of Women with Special Emphasis on 1 Peter 2:9, 10 and Galatians 3:28
Stephen BohrPDF (0.7MB)