I see Jack as asking people opposed to his view to "cut to the chase and deal with the question of whether or not female pastors are in need of repentance for being so" ... since it is contrary (according to the naysayers) to the Word of God. Honestly Marc, I think it is a fair question. ......................
Not a fair question at all, if that's what he wants. Judgement of that kind belongs only to Christ. Any of us can judge whether or not someone is being obedient to the word - we are told to do that. But to say someone needs to repent is to infer we have knowledge of them that only Christ has.
I'll tell you how it is with me - when/if I do something contrary to the word I repent because I know better. It certainly matters what kind of knowledge and understanding a person has.
However, when the truth is made clear, there obviously becomes a conflict with where they are and what the bible says.
Do they need to repent? You, and them, will have to ask God about that. No man is allowed to stand in judgement of another's eternal destiny.
Are they being disobedient to the word? Anyone preaching from a pulpit is told they must be able to rebuke if necessary, and that is absolutely not something a woman is to do to a brother. If she is the main preacher at church she is in disobedience to the word of God.
Should a woman never preach? That is difficult. One of the best sermons I have heard came from a woman. But she was a guest preacher and she had no parsonage. That is an area I don't delve into as I believe that an argument can be made for a woman having a message.
That is a possible exception, certainly not a rule, and certainly I've only heard the one sermon when a woman had anything I wanted to hear from the pulpit.