4 Reasons Church May Not Be a Safe Place for Women

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 7, 2025 | Faith

These stories are adapted from the book Safe Church: How To Guard Against Sexism & Abuse in Christian Communities by Dr. Andrew Bauman. Art is done by Her Cherch. You can follow her work here, and check out HerCherch’s merch at the Bare Marriage store!...

Let’s Stop Taking Advice from Men with a Pornified View of Women

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 22, 2024 | Pornography

Who is Safer to Date: Christian Men or Secular Men?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 22, 2022 | Preparing for Marriage

Do you feel safer in Christian spaces or non-Christian ones? That can be a hard one to answer because there are so many variables, but yesterday I set off a firestorm with my post that only 33.7% of married, evangelical men meet our four criteria for being sexually...

Poll: Women More Likely to Be Sexually Harrassed at Church than at Work

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 14, 2021 | Research

Do women feel safer at church or at work? Over the last few weeks the “lust” debate, for lack of a better word, has been heating up on Facebook and Instagram. I’ve been sharing that presenting the idea that lust is every man’s battle is...

The Woman in the Bible Who Gets The Worst Rap

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 6, 2018 | Faith

I love the Bible because it’s filled with stories–heroes and villains; kings and peasants; rulers and prophets. And often the Bible leaves us with stories without giving any commentary on them. We’re supposed to read the stories and draw our own...