In almost every church, there are women quietly carrying a story no one knows – not because they don’t want healing, but because they don’t know if the Church is a safe place. One of those women was Aniela. She grew up in church, attended regularly with her family, and knew the language of faith. But when she became pregnant at 17, shame drowned out any sense that the church might be a safe place to ask for help. “I felt exposed,” she said. “There was just a ton of shame and guilt.
