This entertaining comedy features an enthusiastic but misguided group of church people who seek to evangelize their town with a blimp. A great lesson is learned when basic Christian evangelistic ideas are exchanged for "good public relations."

When the blimp flies over Middletown dumping a load of firebomb tracts on an unsuspecting town, the fun is on. Despite the best of intentions of the group to evangelize their neighbors, everything goes haywire in a rollicking series of misadventures. Underlying the humor of the whole situation is a lesson in Christian witnessing you will never forget.

Through it all, there is a familiarity about the people and the feelings they have that make one stop and wonder whether this couldn't really happen. The thoughtful message that persistently comes through lingers long to challenge and inspire. Young and old alike will want to see this picture. It is a delightful witty comment on our willingness to substitute committee action for personal responsibility.

And that's why we think The Gospel Blimp is a story that deserves to be told today. The church has changed since this film's original debut in 1961--but it's still frighteningly easy to get so absorbed with finding the "perfect evangelism strategy" that we miss the simple truth of the Gospel.