1Timothy 2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

1Timothy 3:1 ¶ This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Sadly, it doesn’t matter what the Scriptures tell the believer concerning New Testament local church leadership. This is why the Southern Baptist Convention finds itself in the position it is in today.