from an email by Debbie Meroff
The Gideons used to hand out copies of the Bible to schoolchildren but in the U.S. today such activities are sharply censored. Now a new outreach by the Gideons, called the ‘Lifebook,’ has within a few weeks delivered more than 300,000 copies of the gospel message to students inside their own schools. This is possible because they’re given by volunteer students on a peer-to-peer basis during non-instructional blocks of time, such as between classes. Local churches provide leadership and coordination and student volunteers are recruited to hand out copies, totally supported by donations. A planned springtime 2011 campaign could handle a million copies. Ultimately, God’s Word should reach most of America’s 17.5 million high school students. Says a spokesman, ‘It’s like we’re helping students smuggle God’s Word into a closed country (public high schools) to reach an unreached people group; because studies show that only 4% of today’s teenagers are Bible-believing Christians.’ [WorldNet DAILY, Oct. 9, 2010]
this is fascinating! Thanks so much for sharing!