TruthQuest: California is FamilyNet Television’s twist on reality TV. For 16 days in July the 12 Christian teenagers will write stories and share on camera about cutting edge ministries in California. Their stories will appear daily on Baptist Press, the national news service of the Southern Baptist Convention. And their adventures will be chronicled in 13 half-hour episodes by FamilyNet Television to air in the fall. As truth (the Word of God) collides with culture, the TruthQuesters will see firsthand if truth does indeed hold up in the face of reality.

The TruthQuest team includes teenagers from Tennessee, Louisiana, Colorado, Georgia, North Carolina, New York, Mississippi, and Ohio. Students were selected based on their Christian faith, writing ability, overall personality and a home video they were required to produce.

In California the team will learn to surf with a Christian surfing ministry in San Diego, attend a church service on the beach, meet Christian celebrities, scale the mountains in Yosemite National Park, share their faith on the streets of San Francisco, as well as few special surprises along the way.

TruthQuest: California is different from other reality shows because it is:

• Not sensationalized

• True reality, not contrived reality

• Events are documented, not directed

• Cast members are encouraged, not humiliated

• Nobody gets voted off

• Nobody has to eat worms

TruthQuest will air on FamilyNet Television beginning in October, 2002. FamilyNet is a 24-hour television network airing over 50 hours of original programming weekly.

For information on Baptist Press, FamilyNet, or Broadman & Holman, visit their websites at www.bpnews.net, www.FamilyNetTV.com, or www.broadmanholman.com.