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Over 20,000 Christian Teens Converge on San Francisco this Weekend in BattleCry 2007

"We will abide by the law, but I guarantee you our voices will be heard as we take a stand for our generation and our God!"

News Staff/AH (Mar 9th, 2007)

Although officials in San Francisco have imposed stiffer restrictions on this year's gathering of young Believers, more than any secular rock concert, the teens are determined to meet together for worship and prayer over the "city-by-the-bay."

Government leaders imposed customized noise restrictions on the event known as BattleCry—a massive teen rally and worship service—not allowing any amplified sound before 10am and after 10pm for the duration of the two—day assembly.

One of the BattleCry organizers, 18-year-old Charlotte Hamilton, declared, "We will abide by the law, but I guarantee you our voices will be heard as we take a stand for our generation and our God!"

An initiative of Teen Mania, one of the world's largest youth organizations, BattleCry is a movement inspiring hundreds of thousands of teens across the United States to rise up, reject destructive pop culture messages, and recreate teen culture on their own terms.

Of last year's event, the San Francisco Chronicle editorial staff wrote: ". . . the attempt by counter protesters and some of the city's elected officials to call them 'fascist' and 'hateful' was totally at odds with the tone of the ballpark event . . . The young people who came to San Francisco to affirm their faith . . . deserved to be welcomed by a city that was as tolerant and progressive as its sanctimonious supervisors like to profess."

Charlotte Hamilton agreed, adding, "What's so offensive about teens finding hope in God and not in a bed, a bottle, or a pill?"

BattleCry 2007 takes place Friday, March 09th and Saturday, March 10th at AT&T Park in San Francisco. For more information, click below.

Source: BattleCry, Teen Mania

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