Teaching character traits is part of the LifeWise curriculum, which takes students through the entire Bible over a five-year period.

Teaching character traits is part of the LifeWise curriculum, which takes students through the entire Bible over a five-year period.

The recent growth among evangelical Protestants of the practice, which allows students to be taken out public schools for offsite religious instruction, is raising concerns that it could draw Catholic students away from the Church.