Different versions appeal to students in preschool, elementary school and high school.
Christian workers visit the schools and distribute the books at assemblies approved by school officials. The ministry is unrelated to a project of the same name undertaken by the Christian Broadcasting Network earlier this year, Ryan said. Government officials are open to the ministry because it brings a positive moral influence, Ryan said. Even countries that have been closed to the Gospel are willing to let the ministry come because it presents an alternative to the loose morals communicated in the music and movies of Western youth culture, he said. Giving children the message of Christ is an important means to evangelizing their countries, he said.