Let me offer a bit of anecdotal evidence from my personal network of contacts.

I know a very talented young woman who holds two Masters degrees and one Doctorate, from Western universities.  She recently returned to her home country, where the top SDA leaders are vociferous opponents of WO.  Some of the younger elders have invited her to preach in their churches.  Meanwhile, some of the older elders in those same churches have been openly hostile to her.

The younger elders are quietly encouraging her to persevere.  What nobody is saying openly, is that those older elders cannot last forever.

More than once I have told Adventists from less-educated countries, where educational opportunities are opening-up for the younger generation, that if they want to see what their church will be like in 50 years they should look at the Western church of today.