In May 2007, the U.S. Postal Service eliminated all classes of surface mail for shipments going outside of the U.S., including the Periodical Class used by BTP for mailing The Christian. Before the increase, it cost $9.97 a year to mail The Christian overseas; after the increase, the cost rose to $21.60. In seeking to best use the resources the Lord has given to us, we have redesigned the physical format of the magazine so that it can be produced in two sizes on a high volume digital device instead of on a printing press. The size for overseas mailing is about 80% of the size of the U.S. edition, which makes a single copy and its envelope weigh less than 1 oz. In this way we can keep the mailing cost to $10.80 per year. The new format increases the editorial content of each issue by about 10%.