Restoring One Another Ministries in the Church

Restoring One Another Ministries in the Church

Reclaiming Biblical Ministry for Everyone in the Body of Christ to Serve, Teach, and Lead.

This trilogy explores how the early church’s model of mutual ministry can be restored today — empowering women, dismantling cultural barriers, and renewing biblical community.

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  • Biblical Foundations & Mutual Ministry: Early church model focused on teaching, serving, and encouraging each other.
  • Empowering Women & Equality: God empowers women equally; all believers are called to contribute and lead spiritually.
  • Cultural & Social Awareness: Understanding cultural ideologies and barriers affecting church community and leadership.
  • Challenges of Male Headship: Highlights issues with hierarchical male-only leadership and the need for inclusive practices.
  • Mutual Accountability & Spiritual Growth: Practical ways for believers to support, forgive, teach, and encourage one another.
  • Practical Application & Resources: Study questions, exercises, and guidance for small groups and leaders to implement principles in real life.
Book 2
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  • Preface & Executive Summary: Introduces the main themes and purpose of Volume Two.
  • Challenges of Male Headship: Examines historical and cultural patriarchy, male-only leadership, and its impact on church and society.
  • Patriarchal & Complementarian Ideologies: Analyzes flawed structures, misinterpretations, and societal influence on Christian practices.
  • Matriarchy and Alternative Models: Explores empowering women, restoring equality, and inclusive leadership in faith communities.
  • Mutual Ministry Principles: Practical guidance for “one another” accountability, spiritual growth, and restoring community within the church.
  • Endnotes & References: Bibliography and research sources supporting the volume's teachings and insights.
Book 3
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  • Introduction & Executive Summary: Overview of Volume Three themes and objectives.
  • Hermeneutics & Biblical Interpretation: Understanding scripture to expose misused male headship interpretations.
  • Exposing Male Headship Dogma: Historical and biblical analysis of patriarchal and hierarchical structures in the church.
  • Recommendations for Change: Practical guidance for churches on collaborative leadership, empowerment, and mutual ministry.
  • Spiritual Lessons & Best Practices: Five key lessons to ensure healthy, inclusive, and effective church structures.
  • Endnotes & References: Supporting sources and bibliography for research and teaching.
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  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgments
  • Executive Summary
  • Tables
    • Table A – The 100 NT Statements of ‘One Another’ are a Core NT Church Practice
    • Table B – All Christians are Priests and Ministers as a Core NT Church Practice
    • Table C – An illustration of Religious Belief Structures
    • Table D – Understanding Relationships Between Root Causes and Causal Factors
    • Table E – Background to Psychological, Social, and Emotional Issues
  • Volume 1 - God Empowers All Women
  • Volume 2 - Understanding Various Cultural Ideologies
  • Volume 3 - Exposing Male Headship and The Way Forward
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Thesis Approach
    • Methodology
    • Focused Literature
    • Descriptor and Belief Titles
  • 0 Background and Context
    • 0.1 God’s Caveat on The Eight Key Bible Themes
      • 0.1.1 Love - Caveat on God’s Love
      • 0.1.2 Unity - Caveat on Unity in God
      • 0.1.3 Knowledge - Caveat on Spiritual Knowledge
      • 0.1.4 Mind Renewal – Caveat to Renew Your Mind and Culture
      • 0.1.5 Spirit – Caveat to Live in The Spirit
      • 0.1.6 Gospel Mission - Caveat on God’s Gospel Mission
      • 0.1.7 Hope - Caveat on Hope and Faith
      • 0.1.8 Grace - Caveat on God’s Grace
    • 0.2 Author’s Obligation to Be on the Guard
    • 0.3 Background to Male Headship Versus One Another Ministries
    • 0.4 Challenges for Change
    • 0.5 Realizing Many Eminent Bible Scholars are Egalitarian Focused
    • 0.6 Contrasting Male and Female Leadership in Secular Society
    • 0.7 Male Headship and its Dysfunctional Impact on the World
    • 0.8 Summarizing Problematic Issues of Androcentric Proof-text Verses
  • 1 Spiritual Equality, Inclusion, and Oneness
    • 1.1 Creation Account is Equality and Oneness
    • 1.2 Sin and Its Consequences in Genesis 3
    • 1.3 Feminine Interactions in Jesus’ Life and Ministry
    • 1.4 Feminine Intercession in the First-century Church
    • 1.5 Gifts and Equality and Interconnection of Members of the Church
    • 1.6 Mutual/Reciprocal Accountability – Brethren Carers Model
      • 1.6.1 Mutual/Reciprocal Accountability Required of the Church’s in Rome
      • 1.6.2 Instruct and Teach ‘Each Other’ is Mutual/Reciprocal Accountability
      • 1.6.3 Encouraging and Building Up ‘Each Other’ is Mutual Accountability
      • 1.6.4 Submit, Forgive, and Confess To ‘Each Other’ is Mutual Accountability
      • 1.6.5 Decision-Making Between ‘Each Other’ is Mutual Accountability
      • 1.6.6 Watching out For ‘Each Other’ is Mutual Accountability
      • 1.6.7 Love ‘Each Other’ is Mutual Accountability
      • 1.6.8 Living the Fruit of The Spirit is Mutual/Reciprocal Accountability
    • Conclusions for Mutual Accountability to All Brethren
    • 1.7 21 Declarations of Mutual Equality, Inclusion, and Oneness
      • 1.7.1 God’s Declaration of Humankind is to Co-Rule
      • 1.7.2 God’s Declaration is that Women Have Equal Authority to Men
      • 1.7.3 God’s Declaration is that All Christians Are One in Christ
      • 1.7.4 God’s Declaration is for All to Be Equal in the Great Commission
      • 1.7.5 God’s Declaration is for All Disciples to Admonish Each Other
      • 1.7.6 God’s Declaration is for All Women to be Spiritually Successful
      • 1.7.7 God’s Declaration is that All Christians Are a Holy Priesthood
      • 1.7.8 God’s Declaration is for All Disciples To Worship in Spirit and Truth
      • 1.7.9 God’s Declaration is for All Disciples to Use Their Talents Always
      • 1.7.10 God’s Declaration is for All Disciples to Teach/Instruct One Another
      • 1.7.11 God’s Declaration is for All Disciples to Submit to Each Other
      • 1.7.12 God’s Declaration is for All Disciples to Rebuke Each Other
      • 1.7.13 God’s Declaration is for All Disciples to Love Each Other
      • 1.7.14 God’s Declaration for Married Couples is Mutual Authority
      • 1.7.15 God’s Declaration is to Renew Your Mind to God’s Will
      • 1.7.16 God’s Declaration is for All Disciples to Serve Each Other
      • 1.7.17 God’s Declaration to Recognize Equal Blessings for All Disciples
      • 1.7.18 God’s Declaration About The Purpose of the Holy Spirit
      • 1.7.19 God’s Declaration is to Respect, Protect and Reverence Women
      • 1.7.20 God’s Declaration is That All Christians are Slaves For Christ
      • 1.7.21 God’s Declaration is for All to Recognize Final Judgment
    • 1.8 Realizing the Good in Various Feminist Movements
    • Conclusions for A0I-1 - Validating God Empowers Women Equal to Men
  • Endnotes (Bibliography and References)
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  • Preface
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (Volume Two)
  • Table A – The 100 NT Statements of ‘One Another’ are a Core NT Church Practice
  • Table B – All Christians are Priests and Ministers as a Core NT Church Practice
  • Table C – An illustration of Religious Belief Structures
  • Table D – An illustration of Relationships Between Causal Factors to Root Causes
  • Table E – Background to Psychological, Social, and Emotional Issues
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 2 MALE HEADSHIP DOGMA AND ASSOCIATED CULTURE
    • Introduction
    • Summary of Ancient Misogynous Cultures (Hebrew, Greek and Roman Culture)
    • 2.1 Catholics and Protestants Nullified Feminine Intercession
    • Misogyny Morphed into the Embryonic Catholic Movement
    • Misogyny Further Morphed into the Protestant Movement
    • Misogyny Normalized Through Patriarchal Ideology
    • 2.2 Problematic Interpretation of the Greek Word Kephale
    • 2.3 Extravagant Overreliance on the Use of Eisegesis, not Exegesis
    • 2.4 Maleish Bias by various English Translations
    • 2.5 Maleish Proof-texting of Certain Bible Verses
    • 2.6 Over-Reliance on 12 Male Apostles
    • 2.7 Men Rebelled Against Women’s Equality into the 20th-century
    • 2.8 Androcentric Reliance on Male Headship Tradition Roles in Worship
    • 2.9 Male Headship in the Church is Considered Spiritual Abuse
    • 2.10 Shrinking Memberships, Church’s Closing Down and Sold Off
  • 3 PATRIARCHAL IDEOLOGY
    • Introduction
    • 3.1 Patriarchy is Not a Worthy Christian Structure?
    • 3.2 Examples of Flaws in Male Leaders Of Patriarchy Throughout the OT
    • 3.3 Examples of Sinful Patriarchal Kings Throughout the OT
    • 3.4 OT Examples of Sinful and Misogynous Priests, Prophets and Elders
    • 3.6 Traditionalists, Conservatives and Fundamentalists
    • 3.6.1 Traditionalists
    • 3.6.2 Conservative - Conservatism
    • 3.6.3 Fundamentalism
    • 3.6.4 Restoration Movements
  • 4 COMPLEMENTARIAN IDEOLOGY AND ASSOCIATED CULTURE
    • What are the origin and problems of ‘complementarian dogma?
    • Wrapping Up Complementarianism and Its Male Headship Ideology
  • 5 MATRIARCHY AND ASSOCIATED CULTURE
  • ENDNOTES (Bibliography and References)
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  • Introduction
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (Volume 3)
  • Table A – The 100 NT Statements of ‘One Another’ are a Core NT Church Practice
  • Table B – All Christians are Priests and Ministers as a Core NT Church Practice
  • Table C – An illustration of Religious Belief Structures
  • Table D – An illustration of Relationships Between Causal Factors to Root Causes
  • Table E – Background to Psychological, Social, and Emotional Issues
  • 6 HERMENEUTICS
  • 7 EXPOSING MALE HEADSHIP DOGMA
    • Introduction to How Manmade – Male Tribal Traditions Evolved
    • 7.1 The Ephesian Church
      • 7.1a Exposing Male Hierarchy Ideology In Ephesians 4:11-13
      • 7.1b Exposing Male Headship Ideology In Ephesians 5:21-33
      • 7.1c Exposing Male Headship Ideology In I Timothy 2:1-15
      • 7.1d Exposing Male Headship Ideology In The Pastoral Epistles
    • 7.2 The Corinthian Church
      • 7.2a Exposing Alpha Male Headship Ideology In 1 Corinthians 11:2-16
      • 7.2b Exposing Male Headship Ideology In 1 Corinthians 14:34-35
    • 7.3 Exposing Male Hierarchical Ideology
      • 7.3a Exposing Male Hierarchical Ideology In Relation To 1 Peter 3:1-9
      • 7.3b Exposing Male Headship Ideology In Colossians 3:12-20
    • 7.4 Addressing The Red Herring Excuses of Male Headship Ideology
      • 7.4.1 Did Males Have Any Significance in Being Created First From Dust?
      • 7.4.2 Why Were The Twelve Apostles All Males?
      • 7.4.3 Why Were There No Female Priests In The OT?
      • 7.4.4 Is Worship In Houses, Public And In Private, Acceptable Worship?
      • 7.4.5 Addressing Obscure OT Passages
      • 7.4.6 Who Have Been The True Spiritual Stewards By Example?
      • 7.4.7 Is Male Headship Dogma Acceptable, Or Is It Sin?
      • 7.4.8 Exposing Jesus’ Subordination To God As A Type Of Male Headship
      • 7.4.9 Women Cannot Teach Because Women Are Prone to Being Deceived
      • 7.4.10 The Church was Patriarchal Structured and So Is This Cultural?
    • 7.5…Wrapup In Exposing Male Headship Dogma and Moving On
  • 8 RECOMMENDATIONS
    • 8.1 Where to Now?
    • 8.2 The Need For A Spiritual Health Check Survey in The Church
    • 8.3 Realising Five Spiritual Lessons Learnt (LL) in Best Practice Structure for a Church
      • First LL - Ensure An Appropriate Spiritual Church Structure is in Place
      • Second LL - Ensure Collaborative Leadership and Empowerment by All
      • Third LL - Live To Serve and Encourage One Another in the Assembly
      • Fourth LL - Utilize All Talents in All Ministries
      • Fifth LL - Rely on the Latest Data – Spiritual Truth
    • 8.4 Understanding Critical Success Strategies
    • 8.5 Understanding Deflection Tactics, Root Causes and Causal Factors To Sustain Change
    • 8.6 Developing Applicable Surveys and Analysis To Sustain Change
  • ENDNOTES (Bibliography and References)

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This trilogy explores how the early church’s model of mutual ministry can be restored today — empowering women, dismantling cultural barriers, and renewing biblical community.

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