Jinger Duggar is reunited with her mother Michelle and all eight of her sisters

Jinger Duggar reunited with her mother and all eight of her sisters after speaking out about her “cult-like” upbringing.

The 19 Kids and Counting star, 29, met the female members of her family at a coffee shop in Arkansas last week.

The group included mom Michelle, 56, as well as sisters Jana, 33, Jill, 31, Joy-Anna, 25, Johannah, 17, Jennifer, 15, Jordyn-Grace, 14, and Josie, 13.

The outing comes just days after Jinger spoke of the environment the siblings grew up in with an intense focus on “purity” due to their religion.

Jinger met her mother and all of her sisters before posing for a series of sweet snaps.

The photo of the entire group was shared on Instagram by Jessa, along with a caption that read, “The older everyone gets, the busier life gets – which means it’s always extra special when we manage to get all the nice ones from us.” , sisters and mother, get back together. the same place at the same time! Last week was gold.’

The family – and Michelle in particular – became synonymous with their conservative dress consisting mainly of maxi skirts and long-sleeved shirts.

But the group had seemingly broken free of restrictions during its final performance — and dozens of fans were quick to flood the comments with praise for the new look.

One wrote, “Momma Duggar is wearing pants!! This is actually cool.’

Another said, ‘Wow! Look at all the pants. Times have changed.’

And a third said, “So cool to see Michelle wearing pants!!!”

Jana, Jill, Jessa and Jinger had previously explained that their parents had a strict dress code because of their traditional religious values.

In the book Growing Up Duggar, published in 2014, they wrote: ‘We don’t dress fancy because we’re ashamed of the body God has given us, on the contrary.

“We realize that our bodies are a special gift from God and are meant to be shared only with our future spouse.”

Jinger shared her own series of photos from the outing with a caption that read, “We had the best time in Arkansas visiting my family.

“Girlhood with all my sisters and sweet mama, meeting some new nieces and nephews, lots of good food and lots of late-night conversation.”

It comes just days after Jinger spoke of the family’s growing up environment intensely focused on “purity.”

Speaking on a recent episode of the Recognizable podcasthosted by Allie Beth Stuckey, which aired last month, she said:[There was] talk about purity about keeping yourself pure.

“Almost looking at talking about having sex with your kids, all that at the right age, and like about how your body is changing, that’s been pushed all the way out.

“There’s not even a sane view of something like, ‘Okay, marriage is a gift from God. You should be able to enjoy this within marriage.’ There’s such a focus on pushing all of that out as almost evil — even attraction.”

The former TLC star was raised by her parents Jim Bob, 57, and Michelle, who were both devout followers of the Institute in Basic Life Principles – a Christian organization that acts as an umbrella organization for other ministries and was founded by the shunned pastor Bill Gothard.

She previously noted that Gothard’s teachings were “based on fear and superstition” and that she wondered what God actually wanted from her – leading her to believe she would be “harmed” if she deviated from the rules or made a mistake. would make.

During the podcast, Jinger also lashed out at pedophile brother Josh after saying he “dragged the glory of God through the dust.”

Josh was initially sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for his child pornography conviction, but it was recently extended.