Amy, this would be my answer to your question, and, I suppose,
probably your church's answer, too.  1 Timothy 2:12 says, "But I
suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the
man, but to be in silence."  God's general rule is that a man
should be the spiritual leader of a congregation, household,
etc.; but there are always exceptions.  In the book of Judges
chapters 4 and 5, we discover that Deborah was Judge over
Israel.  It should be perfectly logical that in a home where the
wife is a believer and the husband is not, she should be the
spiritual leader.  There are a few churches with female pastors,
since no male in that congregation is as qualified as she is for
that position.  However, if a woman is teaching a Sunday School
class wherein there are men who are better qualified to teach,
then she is usurping their authority, and should submit to one of
them.
Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amy Gordon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:38 PM
Subject: Question


Hi all,
    Tonight at church we had an intresting discussion.  Someone called the preacher asking him if women are allowed to teach in
church.  She asked this because the church she is going to now doesn't let women teach mixed classes of men and women.  They can
teach children though.  So we discussed it tonight and next Wednesday he will talk with us about it.  Tonight he mainly wanted to
hear what we had to say.  Just thought I would share that and see what you all think.

Later,
Amy