Here's news in the same vein of our story last week about women in the pulpit and women in politics.
The magazine Gospel Today was removed from more than 100 LifeWay Christian Bookstore racks because the cover pictured women pastors, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported recently.
That included the LifeWay store in Springettsbury Township (formerly a Christian Light Bookstore), which "just followed what our corporate office said to do," said store manager Steve Strobel.
A spokesman for Lifeway Resources, which runs the LifeWay stores for the Southern Baptist Convention, told the AJC that the magazine's cover/article "is contrary to what we believe."
Teresa Hairston, owner of Gospel Today, responded:
"It's really kind of sad when you have people like [Gov.] Sarah Palin and [Sen.] Hillary Clinton providing encouragement and being role models for women around the world that we have such a divergent opinion about women who are able to be leaders in the church," Hairston said. "I was pretty shocked."
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