Girls and young women met recently to talk about dating and abstinence during Choose Purity, a campaign a church is trying to promote throughout Madera. Prayer, song and scripture reading were part of the program, which encourages young women to refrain from sex until marriage.
The Choose Purity campaign is organized by God’s Anointing Now Generation (GANG) Girls, a youth group part of Victory Outreach church. The church also has a boy’s group which holds a similar program, said youth leader Annalicia Barboza.
“They don’t hold it as consistently as we do, but they do have a program,” she said.
Barboza coordinates GANG Girls, which held Girl Talk on Friday, drawing 25 attendees, and Monday with 29 participants at Victory Outreach. Shirts and other promotional materials were given away...