Question: where does it say in the bible that a woman cannot be a pastor?
Answer: 1 Timothy 2:12. 1 Timothy 2:12 is a New Testament passage from the pastoral epistle by that name, traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul. It is familiarly quoted using the King James Version translation: "But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence".