FORT WORTH, Texas — More than 77,000 teens around the nation made online commitments to remain sexually abstinent until marriage as part of “True Love Waits: Seize the Net Goes Live,” a nationally televised celebration of purity.
More than 1,000 youth gathered at Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 13 and thousands more joined the event via satellite and a live broadcast on FamilyNet. Many responded to the invitation to sign commitments to purity by visiting the www.truelovewaits.com Web site.
The rally, hosted by brother-sister singing duo Phillip and Natalie LaRue, also featured music from Phat Chance and Joy Williams, all artists who have taken a stand for sexual purity.
Richard Ross, one of the founders of True Love Waits and a professor of youth ministry at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, delivered a challenge to young people participating in the rally.
The Feb. 13 event followed in the tradition of other major True Love Waits initiatives, which have included stacking commitment cards to the top of the Georgia Dome and spanning the Golden Gate Bridge with cards.
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