Rachel gardner

Rachel Gardner has been working with young people for more than two decades and has authored several books, including The Girl De-Construction Project, Cherished, Rise and The Dating Dilemma. Her latest book The Sex Thing re-imagines ways for the church to engage emerging generations with a biblical sexual ethic.

She is the founder of the Romance Academy (featured in the BBC three-part documentary No Sex Please, We’re Teenagers), an Ambassador for Home For Good, on team at Youthscape and is the Youth Innovation Lead at St Luke’s, a youth resourcing church in Blackburn in the UK led by her husband Jason. They have two children and a new puppy.