The reverse of the cards have a challenge:  It’s time you found out what Jesus said about life in his own words.

People are then invited to add their details and send it to a freepost address, or use the QR code to ask for a Gospel.

There are 50,000 such cards in cinemas, and churches are also placing thousands more in parent and toddler groups, outreach events and clubs for the community that meet on church premises.

They are the brainchild of the Christian Enquiry Agency (CEA) – and are an imaginative way of inviting people who would not normally go to church to think about Jesus, according to coordinator Peter Graystone.

'Inviting people who go to church to think about the claims of Jesus is easy.  You just stand in a pulpit and tell them,’ he said.

‘If you are going to invite people who don't go to church to think about whether Jesus could help them to a better life you have to be more imaginative.
 
‘That's why we have put postcards in places where unchurched people go - cinema foyers for instance. Churches are helping us by putting them wherever communities gather happily - parent and toddler groups, clubs on church premises, even weddings. 

‘All people need to do is add an address and drop the card in the postbox to a Freepost address.  We'll do all the rest.'

Baptist minister the Revd Kathryn Morgan is the CEA secretary. She added, ‘Films can raise challenging issues and these cards provide another route for people to get printed information about Jesus or pose their questions via the website.

‘The same postcards are available for church events and provide an excellent way for people to discover more about the Christian faith.’

It’s all part of the CEA celebrating 25 years of giving free, confidential, reliable information about the Christian faith to anyone who wants to know. 

Mr Graystone said the CEA has been been ‘reinvigorated’ by the website Christianity.org.uk, which relaunched in 2010 and is offering a free, colourful Gospel of Luke in a magazine format as part of the anniversary. ‘The memorable and valuable URL was purchased in the early days of the internet for about ten pounds,’ he said.

‘Twenty years later it has come into its own. It comes in the top three results in a Google search for ‘Christianity’ and is visited by 10,000 people every month.’

Visit http://christianity.org.uk/ for more information.


Related - interview with Peter Graystone