USA: Columbia Union Constituents Overwhelmingly Affirm Women Pastors Through Ordination Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 31.07.2012 | unknow Report by Taashi Rowe* After two hours of presentations from multiple levels of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, as well as 90 minutes of discussion, delegates to the Columbia Union Conference Special Constituency Meeting voted on July 29 an historic motion—“That the Columbia Union Conference authorize ordination to the gospel ministry without regard to gender.” According to a statement released by the union it means that the union executive committee will no longer deny requests from con