What is up? Everybody, welcome back to the Preacher Boys podcast. Now, excuse my language, but today's

episode is so freaking good. I sit down with Megan Chants. She was fresh out of college,

he did her job, and she was searching for meeting when she left everything to join a missions

trip around the globe, where she quickly witnessed depression experienced

by women that she had never thought possible. Over the next several years, she befriended

women around the globe who had survived sex trafficking, female genital mutilation, and violence

so extreme, Megan wondered at the woman's survival. Through listening to their stories,

she began to notice a pattern that pointed to systems of injustice that held women back,

systems that her childhood church had taught and in which she was complicit. She was changed.

Returned to the United States, Megan became keenly aware of how the teachings and messaging surrounding women in her own upbringing were part of the problem.

In the process, she began to find her voice,

one that spoke out against injustice, and moved her into tension with her Christian community.

Her book, Women Rising, is Megan Chaunce's personal journey of transformation, but it's also a

Christian blueprint for anyone wanting to confront injustice against women while pointing to a

biblical standard for gender equality. With humility and

grit, Megan calls Christian women to amplify their voices for righteousness, and she calls the church

to listen. Guys, this episode is absolutely amazing. Megan brought so much heat to this episode and to this

interview, and you're definitely not going to want to miss it. And seriously,

there's some topics in here that cut real deep. And one of the things that just really

blew me away, I'll just set the stage now, is reading Megan's book, one of the, one of the big

things that just really shook me was she talked about the statistic that one in five women

experience rape. And we talk about the

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