Seventh-day Adventist theology
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| 2022 | Rocky Mountain Conference approved ordaining women pastors. |
| 2015 | During the General Conference session in San Antonio, Texas, the church made changes to the wording of several fundamental beliefs. |
| July 8 2015 | At the General Conference Business Session in San Antonio, Texas, delegates voted 1,381-977 against allowing divisions to ordain women, maintaining the current policy of commissioning women and ordaining only men as pastors. |
| October 27 2013 | Sandra Roberts became the first woman to lead a Seventh-day Adventist conference when elected president of the Southeastern California Conference, though not recognized by the worldwide church. |
| September 1 2013 | A woman was ordained in the Netherlands Union. |
| May 30 2013 | The Netherlands Union voted to ordain female pastors, recognizing them as equal to male colleagues. |
| May 12 2013 | The Danish Union voted to treat men and women ministers equally and suspended all ordinations until the next General Conference session in 2015. |
| August 19 2012 | The Pacific Union Conference voted to ordain without regard to gender and began immediately approving women's ordinations. |
| July 29 2012 | The Columbia Union Conference voted to 'authorize ordination without respect to gender'. |
| April 23 2012 | The North German Union voted to ordain women as ministers, though no women were ordained by late 2013. |
| March 2012 | Several unions and conferences voted to support the ordination of women, including the Mid America Union, Pacific Union Conference, Southeastern California Conference, Columbia Union, and Potomac Conference. |
| 2011 | The North American Division, without General Conference approval, voted to permit women to serve as conference presidents. |
| 2010 | The North American Division voted to allow commissioned pastors to lead a Conference or Mission, in addition to ordained pastors. |
| 2010 | The World General Conference Session officially reaffirmed the Seventh-day Adventist Church's position in support of a literal six-day creation week. |
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