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Clarification of the vote on Women's Ordination, Elder Daniel Jackson has modified the original statement released this afternoon.

General Conference President Elder Ted Wilson has requested that each division president of the 13 world regions, clarify the meaning of the vote taken on Wednesday, July 8, 2015.

Women’s Ordination: Divisions May Not Decide

Story by Brenda Dickerson, Mid-America Union Conference communication director

The North American Division (NAD) of Seventh-day Adventists acknowledges the vote that took place earlier today at the 60th General Conference Session, not allowing for regional accommodation of those world regions asking to allow for the ordination of women.

Delegates turned down a motion that would have allowed each division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church to decide for itself whether to ordain women to the gospel ministry in its territory.

Story by Andrew McChesney and Marcos Paseggi, Adventist Review/ANN

Watch a livestream of the discussion on women's ordination at the General Conference Session here.

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