NEWS MEDIA CENTER

Commitment to Abstinence Scheduled for Athens Olympics

August 2004

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—While Athens will be the site of the large international celebration, other observances will take place on Aug. 22 in America and other countries as students and their churches commemorate the commitment to biblical sexual purity. A same-day video of the day’s event will be available for download on www.truelovewaits.com on Aug. 22.

People in more than 70 countries have been introduced to the message of premarital sexual abstinence either by missionaries and volunteers taking the program to countries, or student leaders and parents in other countries contacting LifeWay requesting information about True Love Waits.

The 2004 True Love Waits Athens event is the fourth time commitment cards have been displayed internationally. The first worldwide display occurred in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1995 during the Baptist World Congress. More than 220,000 True Love Waits commitment cards representing countries from every continent were on display at that meeting. The second international showing occurred in February 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, at True Love Waits “Thru the Roof” when 340,000 cards were stacked to the roof of the Georgia Dome. The third event was Dec. 31-Jan.1, 2000, in Australia as a symbol of crossing into the new millennium with commitments to purity.

For more information, visit www.truelovewaits.com, send e-mail inquires to truelovewaits@lifeway.com, or call 1-800-LUV-WAIT (588-9248).