Modesty Resource Events, Websites, Books & Directories

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	Reclaiming Beauty Webinar	Anna Sofia and Elizabeth Botkin offer a seven-hour video tutorial about inner and outer beauty from a Christian perspective, including how to dress with modesty and style on a budget. This resource sounds excellent, but please exercise extreme caution with other lifestyle resources from the Botkin family, as much of the teaching has been linked to imbalanced doctrines. Evaluations of the Botkins' beliefs may be found on many blogs including Under Much Grace.
	Moving Toward Modesty	This website appears to be the most comprehensive hub of online resources available about feminine modesty from a Seventh-Day Adventist perspective.
	Apostolic Models	This website is rich with photos of Apostolic men and women dressed modestly for all occasions. The description reads, "This site is dedicated to all Classical Apostolics, including those of the Pentecostal and Holiness Faith. . . . We shall not conform to the standards of beauty and fashion defined by the world."
	Deseret Book	Deseret Book is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and publishes several resources on "modesty" (use the search bar to also search for "modest"). Although the LDS philosophy behind modest dressing differs from that of many other groups, it has some of the strongest adherents to modesty standards in Western culture who operate many fine modest clothing manufacturing businesses. To summarize the subtle differences, the LDS church teaches that dressing modestly includes wearing religious undergarments that are fully covered by regular clothing in fulfillment of spiritual covenants for salvation, while most Christian groups believe that salvation comes through faith alone and that dressing modestly is an outward evidence of inward faith, as explained in the Bible study about modesty on the Fashion Belle site.
	Modest - Men and Women Clothed in the Gospel	Christian pastors R.W. Glenn and Tim Challies address modesty as an issue of the heart for both women and men in this 86-page booklet. Clothing rules are purposely avoided in favor of defining modesty as a spiritual virtue enabled by the grace of God that motivates outward choices of dress. Not all readers will agree with the authors' assertion that the acceptable level of modesty in clothing coverage varies according to culture, which they admit requires some exceptions in order to "object conscientiously to immodesty when we see it" (p. 49). Only two specific examples are given for rising above cultural standards in order to be more modest, swimwear on the beach and a woman's "way-too-tight, way-too-low, way-too-short, way-too-everything dress" at a wedding (pp. 24, 76). This booklet would be useful to pastors preparing to speak to their congregations about modesty and for encouraging Christian women who dress and act on the liberal side of Western cultural standards toward more moderate choices.

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