Do women need to maintain a certain weight and aspire to look like Melania Trump to keep their husbands happy?

A pastor actually preached that on a recent Sunday morning, a sign that misogyny is alive and well in the church.

Welcome to the Roy's report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and restoring

the church. I'm Julie Roy's. And today I'm going to be talking about misogyny in the church.

And if you heard that abysmal sermon by Pastor Stuart Allen Clark, you're well aware that

misogyny is an issue in the church. I'll be playing clips from Pastor Clark's sermon in just a few

minutes,

but what he said was atrocious. At one point, he affirms a husband who has a divorce weight

for his wife. Pastor Clark urges wives to wear makeup and perfume so they aren't, quote,

ugly and stink. It was absolutely awful. But I suppose if Pastor Clark's outrageous statements were an anomaly,

I wouldn't be hosting this podcast. But sadly, scores of Christian women have been commenting on

social media saying they've heard these same attitudes in the church numerous times.

And joining me today to discuss this issue is someone who's been the target of this kind of gross

misogyny. Her name's Amy Bird. She's a blogger, speaker, and the author of Recovering from

Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. And over the past couple of years, Amy has been the target of

breathtaking cyberbullying. And the worst part of it is that the people bullying her included elders and

pastors in her own denomination. As a result, Amy has sought discipline against these bullies,

and she'll be updating us on that. And it's a very revealing update showing how misogyny is

systemic within the church. So I'm very eager to dive into my discussion with Amy, and I think it's

going to be a very revealing podcast. But first, I want to take a minute just to thank the sponsors

of this podcast, Judson University and Marquart of Barrington. I so appreciate my friends at Judson

University, who have been tremendous supporters of the Roy's report. Judson is a top-ranked

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