This is not a unique problem. The leadership at the church where the AWANA Bible club I attended as a child freaked out when a woman asked to lead the tall school group. Women are not to teach men in the church,see---and boys in tall school are basically men. I'd be extremely surprised if anyone there was comfortable with women teaching in seminary. It might not be a church, but it still is spiritual instruction and leadership, or in this world those things flow one way---from men to women. Click through to read more!
Source: patheos.com