Newton Bible Church has bought the Bible to the Kanas town's public school children for 100 years.
Pastor Matt Kruse says the program takes place during the kids' lunch hour.
"We're so thankful for God's providence in this open door in our community and thankful for the spiritual forefathers … who had the vision for reaching public school kids with the gospel," he recently told AFR.
The children are given portable lunches that they take with them to a local church.
"In our town, local churches are right next to all of our public schools just providentially," Pastor Kruse explained. "Newton Weekday Bible School workers take the kids out of their classes, with their lunches in tow, and they take them to the local church buildings and sit them down while they eat their lunch and teach them a Bible lesson."
They use curriculum from Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) that Kruse says teaches "clarity of who God is, who we are, what our problem is, and who our answer, our solution is in Christ."
He calls it a privilege and a tremendous opportunity to teach kids the scriptures over their lunch hour – a short amount of time that God has used over the years to bring kids to faith, to strengthen them in their faith, to disciple them, and to connect them to local churches.
