He worked with apostles Spencer W. Kimball and Howard W. Hunter in formulating the new church magazine plan in 1970.
Green has been credited with popularizing the paintings of Carl Heinrich Bloch in the Latter-day Saint imagination, as in, for instance, his usage of Bloch's art in a book about the life of Jesus published by Deseret Books entitled He That Liveth (1958).
[1] Green said that: The paintings' "utility for Church publications" eventually led to a visit by church representatives in 1990 to officials of the Frederiksborg Museum, where these paintings are housed, in order to request permission to make re-photographed copies (which was granted).
While the transition away from these long-standing periodicals was sad for many, Green made optimistic public remarks about the Ensign, saying that it would become "the best religious magazine for adults published anywhere in the world.
"[2] Green holds the distinction of having been the only non-general authority editor of the Ensign, New Era, and Friend magazines.