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North German Union Votes to Ordain Women and Men Equally to Pastoral Ministry
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April 26, 2021
Editor’s Note: On April 25, 2021 the North German Union voted to ordain women and men equally to pastoral ministry. The full press release originally appeared in German on the Union’s website and was also distributed by the Adventist Press Service.
An English translation of the press release is provided below (translated to English via DeepL.com):
North German Adventists decide to implement equal ordination of female pastors
In its regular meeting on April 25, the governing body of the national church leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist church in Northern and Eastern Germany (North German Union/NDV) decided to finally implement the equal ordination of men and women in pastoral ministry. The implementation of the decision, which was already taken in 2012, had been postponed several times for reasons of church politics. ....

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