Gospel Today magazine pulled from Christian bookstores’ shelves
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Gospel Today, the Fayetteville-published magazine, was pulled off the racks by the bookstores’ owner, the Southern Baptist Convention. The problem? The five smiling women on the cover are women of the cloth — church pastors. –
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Southern Baptist polity says that’s a role reserved for men.
Teresa Hairston, owner of Gospel Today, whose glossy pages feature
upbeat articles about health, living, music and ministry, said she
discovered by e-mail that the September/October issue of the magazine
had been demoted to the realm of the risque.
“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.”