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Appendix C ACTIONS CONCERNING THE ISSUE OF ORDINATION OF WOMEN TO MINISTRY IN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST DENOMINATION SINCE 1990 General Conference Resolution approving ordination of women to the ministry discussed in 1881 The Review and Herald Battle Creek, Michigan, December 20, 1881 U. Smith, Resident Editor J. N. Andrews, Associate Editor General Conference Business Proceedings (continued) FIFTH MEETING, DECEMBER 5, 10 A.M.—Prayer by Eld. Loughborough. Minutes of last meeting read and approved. Resolved, That females possessing the necessary qualifications to fill that position, may, with perfect propriety, be set apart by ordination to the work of the Christian ministry. This was discussed by J. O. Corliss, A. C. Bourdeau, E. R. Jones, D. H. Lamson, W. H. Littlejohn, A. S. Hutchins, D. M. Canright, and J. N. Loughborough, and referred to the General Conference Committee.(The General Conference Committee has never reported back concerning this resolution.) Fifty-fifth General Conference Session 1990 Ordination of women to the gospel ministry not approved Voted, to accept the following report and recommendations of the Role of Women Commission as recommended by the 1989 Annual Council: … 1. While the commission does not have a consensus as to whether or not the Scriptures and the writings of Ellen G. White explicitly advocate or deny the ordination of women to pastoral ministry, it concludes unanimously that these sources affirm a significant, wideranging, and continuing ministry for women, which is being expressed

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