People change their views, and then it gets into books and curricula.
About 400 applications for start-up kits have been sent out, including several to Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati schools. The clubs likely will tap into student-led Bible study and prayer groups that meet before and after school. According to some estimates, one in four U.S. high schools has an extracurricular religious club. The project, announced recently through the ministry's newsletter and radio program, is part of a push by Answers in Genesis to inform students about their religious rights and encourage them to be outspoken about their faith. Helen Kagin of Boone County, Ky., a retired physician and frequent critic of Answers in Genesis, said the idea is wrongheaded.