The family has been featured on Anderson Cooper’s television show, in magazines like Glamour, in many newspapers, including The New York Times, and in at least two documentaries: one, a Swiss production called “ Virgin Tales,” was released this summer.
The media have lustily promoted the Wilsons. Three of their five daughters also wrote a book, “Pure Woman.” One of those daughters, Jordyn Wilson Peppin, runs the Purely Woman School of Grace, a weeklong program where “ladies” can learn a godly path to “etiquette, grace and hosting.” He and his wife, Lisa, have written a book, and they sell a “purity ball packet” for $90. Wilson has promoted purity balls across the United States, and his Web site says they have been held in 48 states. And from the first ball to now, the Wilson family has made an industry of purity.Ī field director for the Family Research Council, a conservative Christian organization, Mr. Wilson will host his 13th purity ball (they have been almost annual).
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My daddy has taken time to be silly, and even made a fool of himself, learning how to dance.In 1998, in Colorado Springs, Randy Wilson threw the first “purity ball,” a formal dinner and dance at which he and other fathers signed pledges to protect the virginity of their unmarried daughters. My daddy is treating me with respect and honor. Think of it from their perspective: My daddy thinks I'm beautiful in my own unique way. Their whole being absorbs my loving attention, resulting in a radiant sense of self-worth and identity. It is impossible to convey what I have seen in their sweet spirits, their delicate, forming souls, as their daddy takes them out for their first big dance. 'I have been involved with the Father-Daughter Ball for two years with my daughters. "How can you measure the value of your eleven year old looking up into your eyes (as you clumsily learn the fox-trot together) with innocent, uncontainable joy, saying, 'Daddy, I'm so excited!' wrote one father in a letter describing his grateful participation. After a performance by the Regal Daughters Ballet Company the daughters symbolize their commitment to purity by laying down a white rose at the cross that is the center piece of the evening, and the ball begins!
It begins with a three course dinner and the signing of the covenant by the fathers. It is a black tie event held at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The daughters silently commit to live pure lives before God through the symbol of laying down a white rose at the cross. The fathers sign a pledge that they will be the example of purity and model integrity for their daughter's lives. The Father Daughter Purity Ball is an extravagant event that celebrates the incredibly important father-daughter relationship.
The Father Daughter Purity Ball has been talked about and discussed on The View, The Tonight Show and other evening news shows. They have been interviewed on numerous radio programs in the US, Canada, Ireland, Australia and the BBC in London. The Wilsons have also be featured on iCAN Films Virgin Tales and other international documentaries on purity and family.Īnd media print in The New York Times, Marie Claire, Glamour, O Magazine (Oprah), The Economist magazine, USA Today, The Rocky Mountain News, The Denver Post, Citizen Magazine, The Colorado Springs Gazette, Heartlink, Citizenlink, World magazine and Focus on the Family magazine as well as international newspapers and magazines. Dobson's Family Talk and other local, national, and international news. Phil Show, ABC’s Good Morning America, ABC Primetime, Nightline, TLC, Cooper 360, Dr. In the last 8 years the Wilsons have been featured on the Glenn Beck Show, NBC Today Show, ABC World News Tonight, Dr. The Father Daughter Purity Ball has become a national movement and is now in 48 states with inquiries from at least 17 countries.
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