Joanne White Ferdinando has been researching the Bible with a focus on gender equality for more than 40 years. Her in-depth study with several research groups over the years has taught her the importance of accurate Hebrew and Greek translation and how to allow the Bible to speak for itself without private interpretation. Joanne earned a B.A. degree (magna cum laude) in Pyschology while working full-time at a university and raising three children as a single parent, without child support or government assistance. She has served in many leadership roles in churches and volunteer programs, and now lives quietly in rural Georgia.
Book available now for purchase on Amazon by clicking here! Below is a small snippet from Joanne’s wonderful book: In the beginning, God made male and female equal in gender and power, so how did the female become secondary to the male? This book comprehensively reviews initial gender equality of the sexes, how it was lost, and why it should be reclaimed. Accurate translation evidence is provided for words like desire, rule, head, and submission–words that have unnecessarily held back females, especially Christian females, for thousands of years. Clear analysis of male/female brain functions, biblical languages, patriarchy, ancient law codes, complementarianism, slavery, rape, marriage, and verses like Genesis 3:16 and 1 Tim. 2:12 should satisfy most skeptics that it was never God’s intention for the female to be second to the male on a human totem pole. They were made to stand together on the same rung of creation’s hierarchical ladder and to freely use all of their talents and abilities. Females are now, and always have been, equally loved in the sight of God and needed in the Church and world.
The two YouTube videos below are from Joanne’s teaching on Biblical Gender Equality during Text Work’s meetings that Robert Wassung holds on Wednesday nights: