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Appendix C
Credentialing of the women ministers presented in chapter 9
The credentialing of most of the women ministers presented in
chapter 9 is the Commissioned Minister Credential, issued by the
employing local conference or union and listed in the Seventh-day
Adventist Yearbook.
An endorsed chaplain of the North American Division also may
receive the Commissioned Minister Credential.
Several women ministers in chapter 9 have been participants in
special ordination services in local churches and ordination-commissioning services in local conferences (see below).
Special ordination and ordination-commisioning services
conducted by local churches and conferences
Ordination services at local churches
After the General Conference in business session in Utrecht on July 5,
1995, voted not to allow the North American Division to authorize
ordination of women to the ministry, local congregations with conference approval did ordain several women to the ministry, the ordination being understood to affect the women’s service only in that
particular church.
Ordination at Sligo SDA Church on Sept. 23, 1995
On Sept. 23, 1995, three women were in this manner ordained to the
ministry at Sligo SDA Church, part of the Potomac Conference.They
were Kendra Haloviak (see p. 118), Norma Osborn (see p. 123), and
Penny Shell (see p. 126).
Ordinations at Loma Linda Victoria Church and at La Sierra University
Church on Dec. 2, 1995
(Both churches are part of the Southeastern California Conference.)
Sheryll McMillan, the sole pastor of the Loma Linda Victoria Church of
around 200 members, was ordained on Dec. 2, 1995, at the 11 a.m.
worship service of the church where she pastored.
At 4:00 p.m. the same day in the La Sierra University Church the ordination of Madelynn Haldemann and Halcyon Wilson took place. Elder
Dan Smith, pastor of the La Sierra University Church at that time, said
his staff members believed they should all serve as equals, and
Halcyon Wilson by then had been a member of the La Sierra pastoral
staff for 15 years.Those present responded with a standing ovation.1
Dr. Lawrence Geraty presented Madelynn Jones-Haldeman for ordination. He pointed out that Madelynn had been a member of the La
Sierra University religion faculty for more than 30 years. She was in
1980 the second woman to receive the Doctor of Theology degree
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