Britain: Churches send in the faithful to put Narnia on map
By Ruth Gledhill and Dalya Alberge

CHURCH leaders are encouraging families to see The Chronicles of Narnia over Christmas because of the new Disney film’s Christian message.

The Walt Disney organisation has appointed Christian Publishers and Outreach, an evangelistic publishing company, to promote the Christian message behind the story in churches across Britain.

Premier, the Christian radio station, is running a Narnia promotional campaign, urging schools and churches to do a range of Narnia activites, such as holding parties, running family services titled The Gospel According to Narnia and organising plays based on C. S. Lewis’s classic book.
The Methodist organisation MethodistChildren has written a special Narnia service for churches across Britain to use, focusing on the theme of gift-giving and receiving that is central to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The rest