Baptists, the Bible and Women

I assume Alan is FORMER SBC for a reason. Its obvious he does not agree with the idea of accepting the Bible's instruction on the leadership of a church.

It makes sense that there is a difference between a church and a business or governmental agency. No conservative Bible believing Christian that I am aware of believes there is a biblical mandate for women who are not Christian to go to church. Yet, scripture is clear that we are to not forsake the assembling together. There is a reason for that. There is a distinction between the church and not the church.

Notice the woman Lydia in Acts 16 who came to faith in Christ. There is no biblical teaching that she needed to leave her business and stay home (nor of anyone else needing to do that). But there IS a teaching that men are to be pastors. The church is not the world. She was free to be a business leader. However, she was not free to be the leader of the church.

In the same way Lydia could be a business owner, Governor Palin is able to be a governor, a vice-president, or even a president.

The great liberal "search for hypocrisy" goes on I see. Most of the search is simply an attempt to crush opposition by misdirection. For instance..."how can the theological vision that women are subservient to men jibe with a Palin vice presidency?". The SBC declares that a wife is to submit to her husband..not women to men. David Gushee is either a liar are just not very well educated.
Secondly we are speaking of church offices being restricted (and family relationships perhaps). Vice President isn't a church office. I support Palin for VP, pray that she wins the office. But if my church selected her as deacon or pastor I would leave my church. No conflict there. Or, heaven forbid!, any hypocrisy.
And it should be remembered that a male only church leadership is historic, normative Christianity. The churches who call female pastors are the oddballs..not the reverse. In fact, without checking, I would say that at least 98% of Chrisitanity is in agreement here.The largest American Protestant denomination, Southern Baptists, reject female pastors not to mention the largest denomination in the world(and the US)...Roman Catholicism.
To a liberal 20 years is forever. But female priests and pastors are actually a short passing fad...a qirky fancy...of rich western nations with ill attended churches which will pass away as the rest of the world continues to embrace historic Christianity in huge numbers.

What sense does this article make? Is he saying that we should practice being one way in the church and another way in public?
If my job makes me head over my husband in a pulic office eg. governor of a state or the president of the country, guess what when we get to church on sunday morning... I am still his president.