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Despite City's Restrictions on Event, the BattleCry of over 22,000 Christian Youth Heard Loud and Clear in San Francisco

"We're not going to let this generation fade away. We're not going to let this generation be won by MTV, [or] by all these things that Hollywood is feeding us."

Lillian Kwon/AH (Mar 12th, 2007)

Writing for the Christian Post, Lillian Kwon shares on this weekend's BattleCry event, sponsored by Teen Mania, and attended by more than 22,000 youth. (Photo by: The Christian Post / Gospel Herald, Hudson Tsuei)

Although San Francisco city officials imposed new "amplified sound" restrictions on the two-day gathering, held in AT&T Park, the young people reportedly made their voices heard.

Founder of Teen Mania, and leader of the BattleCry movement, addressed the tens-of-thousands of teens filling the park on Saturday, exclaiming, "When you're ready to surrender, take up the sign of commitment...by passionately—with everything you've got, with all the lights on, with no music and no emotionalism, just as if you just found the answer to all of your dreams—[jumping] to your feet and [screaming] as loud as you can: I want the cross!"

In response, youth throughout the stadium individually rose to their feet, with hands held high yelling, "I want the cross," without any musical accompaniment.

During the times amplified music was allowed, some of the bands included P.O.D. and Skillet, who told the crowd, "It's about you guys, us, and all the Christians around the whole nation saying, 'We're not going to let this generation fade away. We're not going to let this generation be won by MTV, [or] by all these things that Hollywood is feeding us.'"

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Source: Christian Post

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