Dannah Gresh

Dannah Gresh (born 1967) is the best-selling author, speaker, and founder of True Girl (formerly Secret Keeper Girl), a popular Christian tween event for mothers and daughters ages 8-12.[1] She has authored over 20 books that have been translated into 12 languages, including And the Bride Wore White, and Lies Girls Believe. She is also the founder of Pure Freedom, a ministry which focuses on sexual theology.[1] Gresh is an author on the subjects of sexual theology and parenting tweens and teens. As of 2019 Gresh's True Girl event was held 619 times since 2009 with a combined attendance of about 356,000 people.[2] Dannah is a frequent co-host for Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth's Revive Our Hearts as well as a guest on programs like Focus on the Family and Family Life. She has appeared on CNN, Fox News, and the TEDx stage. In 2017, she partnered with her husband Bob Gresh to develop Born To Be Brave, a father/son connection experience. She lives in State College, Pennsylvania with her husband, Bob.

Dannah Gresh
Born1967 (age 53–54)
OccupationAuthor
Public speaker
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
GenreChristian literature
SubjectModesty
Parenting
Premarital sex
Sexual abstinence

Gresh is the author of over 30 books. "And the Bride Wore White: Seven Secrets to Sexual Purity" and Lies Young Women Believe: And the Truth that Sets Them Free which she co-authored with Nancy Leigh DeMoss are her best-sellers.[3] In 2015 Gresh and clinical psychologist Dr. Juli Slattery offered a free copy of their co-authored book "Pulling Back the Shades" on the Christian perspective of sexuality in exchange for a copy of the E.L. James novel Fifty Shades of Grey.[4] She is also credited with creating a "Truth or Bare" test for girls as young as 8 years old.[5]

Teachings on human sexuality

Gresh emphasizes purity before marriage with an emphasis for young women.[6] Additional views on human sexuality include:

  • Abstinence is the only form of HPV prevention which is 100% effective and the HPV vaccine has significant risks and side effects[7]
  • Sex is only between a man and a woman within a monogamous marriage[8]
  • You get addicted and bonded to the people you have sex with[9]

Published works

* Denotes best-selling status

  • And the Bride Wore White, 2000*, 2012 (revised and re-released)
  • Secret Keeper, 2002*, 2011 (revised and re-released)
  • Pursuing the Pearl, 2003
  • Secret Keeper Girl: Eight Great Dates (About Modesty & Beauty), 2004*,
  • 2010* (revised and re-released)
  • Secret Keeper Devos, 2005, 2011 (revised and re-released)*
  • The Secret of the Lord, 2006
  • Five Little Questions That Reveal the Life God Designed For You, 2007
  • Lies Young Women Believe (with Nancy Leigh DeMoss), 2008*
  • Secret Keeper Girl: Eight Great Dates (About Friendship), 2008, 2013 (revised and re-released)
  • My Best Friend, Jesus, 2008
  • Danika’s Totally Terrible Toss, 2008
  • “T” is for AnTONIa, 2008
  • Just Call Me Kate, 2008
  • Yuzi’s False Alarm, 2008
  • Six Ways To Keep The “Little” In Your Girl, 2010*
  • The One Year Mother-Daughter Devo, 2010*
  • What Are You Waiting For, 2011
  • Six Ways to Keep the “Good” In Your Boy, 2012*
  • One Year Teen Devo, 2013
  • Get Lost: Your Guide to Finding True Love, 2013
  • A Girl’s Guide to Best Friends and Mean Girls, 2013
  • Pulling Back the Shades (with Dr. Juli Slattery), 2014
  • Secret Keeper Girl Pajama Party, 2014
  • A Girl’s Guide to Understanding Boys, 2014
  • 8 Great Dates for Dads and Daughters: Talking With Your Daughter About Understanding Boys (with Bob Gresh), 2014
  • Raising Body Confident Daughters: 8 Conversations to have with your tween, 2015
  • It’s Great to Be a Girl! A Guide to Your Changing Body (with Suzy Weibel), 2015
  • It’s Great to Be a Guy! God Has a Plan for You and Your Body (with Jarrod Sechler), 2016
  • Dannah Gresh Version (Bible Translation), 2016
  • Secret Keeper Girl, 2017
  • Lies Girls Believe, 2019
  • A Mom's Guide to Lies Girls Believe 2019

References
  1. "Author brings empowering sexual theology message to Tampa Bay". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  2. National Religious Broadcasters. "Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth, Dannah Gresh Formalize Ministry Alliance to Reach Tween Girls with Biblical Truth". National Religious Broadcasters. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  3. Haley Hoover (January 15, 2012). "Book Review: Lies Young Women Believe by Nancy Leigh DeMoss and Dannah Gresh". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  4. "Fifty Shades of Grey: Evangelical Authors Write 'Christian Perspective'". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  5. Beaty, Katelyn (2013-08-20). "Toward a New Understanding of Modesty". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  6. Tribune, Amanda Marrazzo, Special to the. "Girls hear message of self-acceptance, abstinence". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  7. "Should You Get The Gardasil Vaccine?". Dannah Gresh. 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  8. "The Two Most Important Things You Can Teach Your Kids About Sex". True Girl. 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  9. "My Take: There's nothing brief about a hookup". Retrieved 2020-01-16.
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