{"id":2206,"date":"2025-11-23T13:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T18:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/?page_id=2206"},"modified":"2025-11-23T13:55:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T18:55:54","slug":"2206-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/index.php\/2206-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WELP VS FIRST CHURCH &#8220;A BIBLICAL CONTRAST&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2177 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-Screen-Shot-2025-11-23-at-8.32.59-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-Screen-Shot-2025-11-23-at-8.32.59-AM.png 961w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-Screen-Shot-2025-11-23-at-8.32.59-AM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-Screen-Shot-2025-11-23-at-8.32.59-AM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-Screen-Shot-2025-11-23-at-8.32.59-AM-768x766.png 768w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-Screen-Shot-2025-11-23-at-8.32.59-AM-666x666.png 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>WELP vs THE FIRST CHURCH: A Biblical Contrast<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>By Prophet Taveau Johnson D\u2019Arcy<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">(C) 2025 Taveau D\u2019Arcy Creative Leadership. All rights reserve<\/span><strong>d.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Giving a Pure Introduction<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Not every church &#8220;system&#8221;<\/strong> reflects the First-Century model Jesus and the Apostles established. Much of the modern Western church has inherited a long history of European hierarchical structures, purity-law influences, and patriarchal oversight cultures. P<strong>rophet Taveau Johnson D\u2019Arcy first coined the term WELP (Western-European Levitical Patriarchy)<\/strong> to describe these deeply rooted systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This article contrasts WELP with The First Churc<\/strong>h, using Scripture, history, and spiritual discernment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I. The First Church Pattern in Scripture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The First Church (Acts-Ephesians-Galatians) was:<\/p>\n<p>communal<\/p>\n<p>humble<\/p>\n<p>peer-equipping<\/p>\n<p>Spirit-led<\/p>\n<p>house fellowship\u2013based<\/p>\n<p>relational before organizational<\/p>\n<p>built on mutual honor<\/p>\n<p>centered on Christ \u2014 not hierarchy<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Big Bible foundations:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Acts 2:44 KJV<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cAnd all that believed were together, and had all things common.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Acts 4:32 KJV<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201c\u2026neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own: but they had all things common.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ephesians 5:21 KJV<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cSubmitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Galatians 3:28 KJV<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cThere is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FIRST Church model <strong>was FAMILY<\/strong> \u2014<strong> not rank.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2207 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM.png 918w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM-768x770.png 768w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM-666x666.png 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Above: Mostly Media strongly effected, and following, wanting to resemble and &#8220;attain&#8221;(King Solomon Demas huge subculture)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>II. What WELP Produces<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WELP emphasizes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>hierarchy,<\/p>\n<p>control,<\/p>\n<p>obedience,<\/p>\n<p>legalism,<\/p>\n<p>purity laws,<\/p>\n<p>conformity,<\/p>\n<p>paternal government mentality,<\/p>\n<p>suspicion toward women in calling,<\/p>\n<p>elite gatekeeping,<\/p>\n<p>performance measurement.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Its tone is often:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>formal<\/p>\n<p>rigid<\/p>\n<p>superior<\/p>\n<p>distant<\/p>\n<p>fearful<\/p>\n<p>emotionally coercive<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WELP\u2019s fruit often lacks softness and relational grace.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(the huge subculture fruits <\/strong>are generally an ambitious and Demas\u00a0 mixture, for it&#8217;s usually &#8220;Jesus&#8221; mixed in with the accusing, dogmatic, imperial &#8220;authoritarian&#8221; regal false authority, deceptive accusing views) which are the antithesis to Christ&#8217;s RELATIONSHIP VALUING very first Church, &#8220;family feel&#8221;\/all are valued and authority respected, all equal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>However, this must be addressed through discernment, not accusation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2207\" src=\"https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM.png 918w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM-768x770.png 768w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM-666x666.png 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">III. Spiritual Fruit Test: James 3:17 vs WELP Culture<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>James 3:17 KJV<br \/>\n\u201cBut the wisdom that is from above is first <strong>pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Compare that to what WELP frequently manifests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>control-first<\/p>\n<p>spiritual prowess, status and\u00a0 gifts\u00a0 are favored &#8220;over&#8221; relationship and Ephesians 4:1-3, Eph 5:21, &#8216;mutually respect &#8221; for all<\/p>\n<p>ranks-first<\/p>\n<p>suspicion-first (read them from the inside to the outside, no need to walk. over to chat and relate) (anti I John 1:7 \/Eph 4 Community<\/p>\n<p>Heresay\/Evil Rumors\u00a0 vs Confrontation, Respect (Messiah Isaiah 11:2-3)<\/p>\n<p>appearance judged-first not one on one Relationship<\/p>\n<p>performance-first before character, relationship respect<\/p>\n<p>partiality &#8220;Not a fruit of the Spirit&#8221; (anti James 3:17&#8217; anti the cause of Christ)<\/p>\n<p>superiority &#8220;Not a fruit of the spirit&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>intimidation &#8220;Not a fruit of the spirit&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>exclusion &#8220;Not a fruit of the spirit&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WELP produces anxiety.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The First Church produced joy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2177\" src=\"https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-Screen-Shot-2025-11-23-at-8.32.59-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-Screen-Shot-2025-11-23-at-8.32.59-AM.png 961w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-Screen-Shot-2025-11-23-at-8.32.59-AM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-Screen-Shot-2025-11-23-at-8.32.59-AM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-Screen-Shot-2025-11-23-at-8.32.59-AM-768x766.png 768w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-Screen-Shot-2025-11-23-at-8.32.59-AM-666x666.png 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>IV. Leadership Differences<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>FIRST CHURCH LEADERSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>shepherds<\/p>\n<p>servants<\/p>\n<p>fathers\/mothers in the Lord<\/p>\n<p>co-laborers<\/p>\n<p>mutual submission<\/p>\n<p>approachable<\/p>\n<p>Jesus\u2019 standard:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew 20:26-27 KJV<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u201c\u2026whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2207\" src=\"https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM.png 918w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM-768x770.png 768w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM-666x666.png 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>WELP LEADERSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>gossip rather than &#8216;respectfully&#8221; approach and upfront\u00a0 Gal 6:1, Matt 18:15\/16\u00a0 leader confront(also Rev 2: &#8220;a suspected Jezebel, male or female or any other)<\/p>\n<p>rulers<\/p>\n<p>superiors<\/p>\n<p>elite rank<\/p>\n<p>unapproachable<\/p>\n<p>unquestioned authority (suspicious cult ownership)<\/p>\n<p>command-culture<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">V. Who Is Elevated?<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">FIRST CHURCH elevated:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>character<\/p>\n<p>calling<\/p>\n<p>maturity<\/p>\n<p>humility<\/p>\n<p>Spirit fruit<\/p>\n<p>servant love<\/p>\n<p>discernment<\/p>\n<p>equipping the saints<\/p>\n<p>WELP elevates:<\/p>\n<p>status<\/p>\n<p>pedigree<\/p>\n<p>gender<\/p>\n<p>family name<\/p>\n<p>position<\/p>\n<p>resume<\/p>\n<p>financial standing<\/p>\n<p>appearance of holiness<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1929\" src=\"https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-19-at-1.29.42-PM-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-19-at-1.29.42-PM-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-19-at-1.29.42-PM-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-19-at-1.29.42-PM-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-19-at-1.29.42-PM.png 1150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">VI. Why This Matters Now?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A .It&#8217;s getting Near the End, <strong>Be Final Day READY&#8221;<\/strong> The End Time Harvest!<\/p>\n<p><strong>B. It&#8217;s dumb, deaf and mostly blind (<\/strong>See Isaiah 1:1-3 producing the Isaiah 5:20 leaders, who are produced by Psalm 115:4-8 ) (TD apostolically perceives!)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">C. &#8220;Many ministries today are untaught, naive and been secluded in THEIR OWN SPECIAL MOVEMENT since 1960&#8217;s on\/the 1980&#8217;s on..and the 2010s on&#8230;) and maybe &#8220;genuine&#8221;and all &#8220;well meaning&#8221; yet\u00a0 sincerely &#8220;unaware&#8221; they are expressing culture, not Christ. &#8221; Sister T<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>D. Many Prophets Accuser the Non Believers\/the Other faiths as the long Bible prophesied e &#8220;falling away&#8221; (so it&#8217;s not on their heads ) &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nYet this not all of it, it is\u00a0 also<\/strong> the &#8220;accustomed wily ministry&#8217; who accuses, much gate keeps, targets, prays against and is merchandizing, show biz too focus and it is\u00a0 &#8220;driving MANY\u00a0 away&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This prophet has noted this repeatedly since Jim Bakker\/Jimmy Swaggert in late 1980s&#8230;but as celebrity growth kicked in and USA supreme money making\u00a0 emphasis, Sister Taveau has repeatedly published, posted and written, video&#8217;s many words from the Lord since 2007 one The accusing &#8220;Friendly Fire Ministry Fellowships &#8220;mentioned by Apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 3:1-8\/ I Timothy 6:5 (Last Days Perilous End Times&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2011 a USA Church warning &#8220;It is no longer a Sellers Market&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2207 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM.png 918w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM-768x770.png 768w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-22-at-9.52.08-PM-666x666.png 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Hence Studying WELP allows us to:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>remove inherited bias<\/p>\n<p>restore biblical equality<\/p>\n<p>heal exclusion wounds<\/p>\n<p>raise up women &amp; diverse voices<\/p>\n<p>pursue Christlike humility<\/p>\n<p>restore Acts-style communities<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion<\/p>\n<p>The solution is not anger.<\/p>\n<p>It is awakening.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1914\" src=\"https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-19-at-11.39.44-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-19-at-11.39.44-AM.png 612w, https:\/\/thepastorsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-19-at-11.39.44-AM-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>EORR Cross Body Unity (no members but the WELP Office Prophetic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>( Theology, Governing Authority)&#8221;Hope and a New Perspective&#8221;) It&#8217;s not so much about the FORM, the LOOK or the LOOT: it&#8217;s about bearing Jesus Christ FRUIT&#8221; Sister T<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The First-Church Way is:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>lowliness<\/p>\n<p>humility<\/p>\n<p>mutual respect<\/p>\n<p>accountability before God<\/p>\n<p>compassion<\/p>\n<p>servant authority<\/p>\n<p>love without hypocrisy<\/p>\n<p><strong>MAJOR LP SPECIFIC POINT: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WELP is ROME and LEVITE.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The First Church is <strong>JESUS and ACTS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Transformed Community which <strong>effects society<\/strong> is<strong> APOSTLE PAUL Ephesians 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Overcoming the ACCUSER<\/strong> of Life, Families, persons, leaders, children, souls..(deceiver, liar,wicked adversary, death) is the purpose of the Savior See APOSTLE JOHN Revelation 12:7-11<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Let us return to the Kingdom Jesus modeled.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Peace and say Amen.<br \/>\nA lot more to come..January 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">(C)2025 Taveau Creative Leadership all copyrights reserved under international copyright laws in conjunction with AI<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WELP vs THE FIRST CHURCH: A Biblical Contrast By Prophet Taveau Johnson D\u2019Arcy (C) 2025 Taveau D\u2019Arcy Creative Leadership. 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