By: Melissa Baker
My husband and I are the youth pastors at church. The main character of this movie, Guy, is also a youth pastor. And after touring from town to town, speaking at big conferences and putting on a "show" at these conferences, he gets tired of the showiness of todays church and really wants to get back to the heart of ministry. All the hype, lights, games, etc. are used in ministry to connect and get the attention of the congregation, however it can also take away from the ministry and the message we are trying to get across. The message of JESUS! It then becomes about us and all we can offer the people, instead of what Jesus already offers.
But when the pastor suggests Guy be the lead in an outrageous gimmick for a church play, Guy turns it down, and tries to stop the production. And he questions the methods that their church is using to reach people. At the end he really hits home as he demonstrates the "crucifixion" in a whole new light. This is a MUST see!!
This would be great to show at your church for your next movie night! Or get the leadership together and share a laugh, but at the same time get back to the heart of real worship and ministry!
About the movie: CHURCH PEOPLE is a Christian comedy about the megachurch mega production sub-
culture and getting back to the simplicity of the Gospel, starring Christian
comedian Thor Ramsey, Hallmark Channel’s Erin Cahill, Stephen Baldwin, Donald
Faison, and NSYNC’s Joey Fatone. This film has a powerful message about rediscovering your passion
for Christ and learning to surrender what you hold dearest, all told in an
incredibly humorous way.
Weary from the showiness and materialism
that has overtaken his ministry efforts, Guy (Ramsey) goes on a journey to get
back in touch with the heart of ministry and be a real role model to his youth
group kids. He makes the difficult decision to cut short his speaking tour
managed by his money-focused agent (Faison) after realizing that his
reputation has become more fame based than Gospel-driven. But when Guy attempts
to return to regular youth ministry, he is thrust into the throes of dissuading
the youth group from performing a strange and potentially blasphemous stunt for
the upcoming Easter service, starring a young, zealous new Believer, Blaise. In
attempting to manage his youth group while navigating an unexpected love
interest in the Senior Pastor’s daughter (Cahill) and being a new father to his
grown daughter (Manfredi), Guy ultimately rediscovers and puts on a powerful
presentation of why we all need to put our hope in Jesus and not in ourselves.
View the trailer here.
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Many thanks to Collide Distribution for providing a sample of the product for this review. Opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation.
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