They found themselves worshiping in a church that barred women from leadership in ministry where a woman asked Andrew for some books on the question. The next week she observed that the books were so one sided. Wasn't there a balanced resource available?? That's when he took on the challenge to write such a book. Men and Women in Christ appeared in 2019! Always learning and evaluating, Andrew now is working on a second edition.
He set out to write a resource book that was not sharply for one side or the other. In doing so he found one of the sides had no Biblical support. Now he is a balanced advocate for the mutualist or biblical egalitarian interpretation of the Bible. And he can explain why in detail!
Andrew Bartlett is a popular speaker and author of Men and Women in Christ, Fresh light from the Biblical Texts. When He researched and wrote his boo he was not aware of the Tru316 publications by Dr. Joy Fleming. After having discovered them he is incorporating the insight that in Genesis 3:16 God took action in two ways, multiplying two things not one as many Bible versions mistranslate the Hebrew words for their readers.
Go deeper?
Dr. Joy Fleming's book is Man and Woman in Biblical Unity, Theology from Genesis 2-3.
Andrew Bartlett's book is available from Inter Varsity Press.