
BIBLICAL AUTHORITY OR AUTHORITARIAN CONTROL?
The Struggle Is Real
A Chief Apostolic and Noble Berean Examination of Christian Leadership, Women in Ministry, and the Limits of Spiritual Jurisdiction
220 pages, Suggested price $ 8.00
By Taveau D’Arcy
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Who gave one Christian leader the authority to govern another Christian’s calling, marriage, ministry, or personal relationship with God?
This serious, ten-chapter apostolic teaching confronts a growing concern within modern Christianity: the confusion between legitimate biblical authority and authoritarian religious control.
Christian leaders have both the right and the responsibility to examine doctrine, correct error, and protect the Church from harmful teaching. But when does biblical correction cross the line into public accusation, personal intimidation, and unauthorized spiritual jurisdiction?
Taveau D’Arcy addresses these questions from a firm, corrective, and deeply biblical perspective, particularly concerning Christian men who publicly accuse female pastors, prophets, teachers, evangelists, and apostles whose ministries differ from their own theological traditions.
What about married women whose husbands support their ministry? What did the Apostle Paul actually teach about women, silence, submission, and authority? Does teaching or correcting a Christian man automatically mean a woman has assumed authority over him? And does a prominent Christian commentator possess the biblical right to govern an independent congregation or ministry?
Drawing upon the King James Bible, First Church history, Greek word studies, Matthew 18, the Apostle Paul’s writings, and the noble Berean example of Acts 17:11, this book examines the difference between doctrinal disagreement and personal domination.
D’Arcy does not argue that Christian women should be exempt from biblical examination or correction. Rather, she calls all Christian leaders, male and female, to the same standard of scriptural accuracy, accountability, mature conduct, and the fear of the Lord.
Written for pastors, apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists, ministry founders, Christian husbands and wives, and serious Bible students, this book offers direct apostolic reproof alongside practical instruction concerning the proper boundaries of spiritual leadership.
At its foundation is A.R.T. — Abiding Relationship Theology, with its emphasis on James 3:17 and EORR Equal Opportunity REAL Respect