My guest this week is Leah Helbling. Leah is the host of the Women Beyond Faith podcast and an incredibly important voice in the secular community. Leah has a long history of secular community building. Post-deconversion she started a chapter of Women Beyond Belief. She now is a team leader of Bart Campolo‘s Cincinnati Caravan. “Leah is often referred to as ‘The Great Connector‘” Leah and I discuss the gift of being present when someone tells their deconversion story. Leah shares her deconversion story which includes overcoming the purity culture and complementarianism of Evangelicalism. It also includes the unwelcoming atmosphere in the secular community for women and what she is doing about it. We talk about podcasting and what motivates us to do the work. Finally, we talk about building secular community. Links Women Beyond Faith
https://womenbeyondfaith.buzzsprout.com/ Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/womenbeyondfaith Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondfaith/ Cincinnati Caravan
https://www.cincinnaticaravan.org/ Recovering From Religion
https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/ Search for secular community on meetup.com
https://www.meetup.com/ Interact Full show notes
https://gracefulatheist.com/2021/03/14/leah-helbling-women-beyond-faith/?gaid=gap64Deconversion
https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/?gaid=gap64Secular Grace
https://gracefulatheist.com/2016/10/21/secular-grace/?gaid=gap64 Attribution "Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats
https://makaihbeats.net/