It is apparent that a high percentage of our worldwide church membership see women's ordination as a doctrinal issue. But Bauman, epitomizing many favoring women's ordination, would castigate those not agreeing with him as opposing the Christian principles of fairness and equality. Robert Spangler outlined 27 doctrines of the SDA church. I, for one, do not wish to see the church that I love fragmented over the issue of women's ordination. There is an important role which Adventist Today can play as an ancillary organization promotion of more scholarly biblical study, bridging the gap between clergy and laity, improving efficiency in the operation of conferences and other denominational units, etc.
Some concerns are deep and troubling.
The church is in disarray in a number of areas. Some question the wisdom of airing our dirty linen for all the world to behold. We finally have some nonpolitical information about what is going on in our church. Through the years I have appreciated your magazine, but my husband and I were deeply saddened by the open mockery of our General Conference President pictured in your last issue. The cartoons to which you refer were intended to illustrate problems faced by the General Conference, of which the president is a representative.