In a rather odd move, Andrews University invites Kessia Bennett to conduct a Week of Prayer on January 26-31. Who is this?, you might ask.
She is a former One Project speaker.
A certificate of ordination was presented to Kessia Reyne Bennet by Ron Carlson, president of the Kansas/Nebraska Conference, on July 30, 2022 in the College View church. By accepting ordination against the will of the world church, she is part of the ‘WO rebellion’ in the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
After her ordination, she moved to Oregon, where recently ousted president Dan Linrud welcomed her as head pastor of Spring Valley SDA Church.
She spoke in favor of ordaining women at the Loma Linda University Church on February 6, 2015. A female church member asked Randy Roberts if an opposing (biblical) viewpoint could be presented at the same church, later. Roberts would not allow it.
Observations
The majority of the Seventh-day Adventist Church leadership does not understand the dangers of female pastors. Mark Finley, when answering a question about WO, cannot provide a clear biblical answer regarding the issue; his summary was an ineffective political response “It’s not worth splitting the church over.” This is a white flag of surrender.
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It's bad when people disagree, but truth is too important to kill it in the streets for the sake of peace. The next battlefield is over the rainbow-colored runaway train headed straight toward us. Where we stand regarding the gender-confusion of women’s ordination in the church, will largely determine where we stand on the industrial-strength confusion of LGBTQ+. Both are gender distortions feeding off of each other.
We have to understand not only our own theology, but the ideology of the world around us. That’s why I am interested in culture--as an observer. We need to be aware what the culture is saying, in order to speak truth to it. Very few people in our church understand what is happening in culture and how it affects the message of our church. The rise of the neo-pagan sacred feminine in our culture, for instance, has helped influence and motivate the clamor for WO in the church. Many GC leaders do not understand this.
Most GC leaders fail to understand that women, on average, are significantly more left-wing than men. If our church is serious about standing against the evil culture around us (Ephesians 6:13), importing it into church leadership is the worst possible policy.
Discuss!
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Thought for the day:
A biblical home is constructed on the Word of God "Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain, who build it" (Psalm 127:1). If you are not comfortable living in a home built on biblical principles, you are free to live elsewhere. You are not free to demand that we change the foundation of our home because your worldly ideology is uncomfortable with biblical truth.