Christianity Today magazine has issued an apology after a father’s classified ad for his 26-year-old “virgin” daughter ran in its March issue.

The ad seeking out a potential son-in-law in the Wheaton, Illinois, area read: “Her: godly, gorgeous, athletic, educated, careered, humorous, travelled, bilingual, 26-year-old virgin. You: unworthy, though becoming less so daily.”

The ad was listed in the jobs section of the magazine.

Mark Galli, editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, apologized in a statement on Friday.

“We at Christianity Today apologize for publishing a personal ad in our Marketplace section that has been rightly seen as demeaning and in poor taste,” Mr. Galli said.

“We want everything in our magazine to reflect beautiful orthodoxy, and this ad did not. We have taken a hard look at our ad review process, made some changes, and we can assure our readers no ad like this will appear again,” he said.

Rachel Stewart, the purported daughter, wrote in a since-deleted blog post that she was taking her father’s ad in stride, The Daily Beast reported.

“At least it’s appropriate they placed it in the Employment Opportunities section because putting up with this father-in-law’s shenanigans is a full time job, without any paid vacation,” she joked. “I’m not angry or embarrassed. I’m just nervous if this doesn’t work out, next I’ll find my face plastered on a billboard. Oh gosh, now I’m giving him ideas. *Sigh*”

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