Article: ANDY, BARNEY AND JESUS, TOO.(Church)(Bible study finds lessons in 'Andy Griffith Show')

Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard

What would Andy do?

Well, besides preaching the gospel through Barney Fife, he'd do the right thing. The Christian thing. He'd reveal The Truth.

Welcome to Bible study meets popular culture, where the lessons taught by Jesus Christ through parables in the Bible, are told through the voices and actions of the characters on the 1960s television series, "The Andy Griffith Show."

As part of its winter quarter adult Bible study series, the Willamette Christian Center began offering the "Mayberry Bible Study" on Thursday nights. The course has spread to churches across the country since its original ...

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