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A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!

Journalist Sarah Stankorb outlines how access to the internet-its networks, freedom of expression, and resources for deeply researching and reporting on powerful church figures-allowed women to begin dismantling the false authority of evangelical communities that had long demanded their submission.
A generation of American Christian girls was…

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1 author picked Disobedient Women as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I was asked to review this book and possibly provide an endorsement. After reading it, there was no way I couldn’t endorse it.

It is a bracing read with such difficult stories. But hearing these stories is necessary for any change to take place. For American Christians, especially American Evangelicals, the abuse of women has been hidden.

It is time for a reckoning, and Sarah’s book is a necessary start. Her empathetic writing helps bring readers along, and this book should be required of anyone entering into ministry.

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