I don’t recall when the idea that I had to wear a purity ring in high school first came to me, but between graduating from a fundamentalist Baptist elementary school, going to mass on Sundays, and ...

Even before a member of a Southern Baptist church was accused of the Georgia spa massacre, motivated, he told police, by guilt over a “sex addiction,” the Southern Baptist Convention was under ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Millennial evangelicals are speaking out about the heightened emphasis on sexual purity that characterized their upbringing in that subculture. Joshua Harris, a former pastor who ...

AKRON, Ohio - Abby Wilson wears a sterling silver ring shaped like a flower on her right hand. It's an outward symbol that tells others the 15-year-old is saving herself for marriage. "I have many ...

Christianity and sexuality rarely make easy partners. For many of us, we grow up with the constant message that we must be pure not just of body but mind. That God can hear our lustful thoughts. That ...

When you hear the phrase “purity ball,” you may envision scores of platinum blonde prom queens in Savannah, Georgia, or Shreveport, Louisiana, giddily promising undying loyalty. Not to their ...