The Baptist Digest

Strength For The Task

By Eva Wilson

November 2006

In a sex-saturated culture where many Christian teens follow the world’s moral standards, parents and youth workers face a daunting task in modeling purity.

Rachel Hinde, a 26-year-old staff member at a crisis pregnancy center, was one of the conference leaders during the annual KNCSB Strength for the Task conference.

Hinde shared how she was saved as a teen, but she backslid into immoral behavior that resulted in her own crisis pregnancy. After repenting of her sin and moving back home to Kansas, Hinde is trying to keep girls from going down her former path.

“I am able to speak to girls because I’ve lived both ways.”

In today’s society, 43 percent of Christian teens have had sex by the time they turn 18, she said.

But purity is about more than abstinence, she said. “Purity is about having a pure mind. It’s a lifelong process as a Christian.”

Many resources are available to help parents and youth workers teach purity. They include:

• “True Love Waits,” created by LifeWay Christian Resources. It is designed to encourage moral purity by following biblical principles. The Web site is http://www.lifeway.com/tlw/
• “Pure Freedom, “with Bob and Dannah Gress. Pure Freedom offers retreats for students focusing on sexual purity. Dannah Gress is author of “And the Bride Wore White: Seven Secrets to Sexual Purity.” Bob Gress wrote “Who Moved the Goalpost?: 7 Winning Strategies in the Sexual Integrity Game Plan.” Find more information at http://purefreedom.org/
• “Virtuous Reality Ministries” with Vicki Courtney. Her books include “Your Girl: Raising a Godly Daughter in an Ungodly World” and its counterpart, “Your Boy: Raising a Godly Son in an Ungodly World.” Courtney’s Web site is http://vickicourtney.com/ Her on-line magazine is http://virtuousreality.com/
• The book, “Every Young Woman’s Battle: Guarding Your Mind, Heart and Body in a Sex-Saturated World,” by Shannon Ethridge and Stephen Arterburn. Find more information at http://www.shannonethridge.com/

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I thought you might like this article I read at baptistdigest.com. "Strength For The Task" In a sex-saturated culture where many Christian teens follow the world’s moral standards, parents and youth workers face a daunting task in modeling purity. Rachel Hinde, a 26-year-old staff member at a crisis pregnancy center, was one of the conference leaders during the annual KNCSB Strength for the Task conference.  Hinde shared how she was saved as a teen, but she backslid into immoral behavior that resulted in her own crisis pregnancy. After repenting of her sin and moving back home to Kansas, Hinde is trying to keep girls from going down her former path.  “I am able to speak to girls because I’ve lived both ways.” You can read the rest here: http://www.baptistdigest.com/archive/article/strength_for_the_task/