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One day, one moment, one idea can change lives. Noah Davis is a Pastor in an affluent community. Depressed after losing his wife to illness, he is contacted by an old friend who has opened a mission in a rough inner city neighborhood. With Christmas approaching, he packs up and together with his two daughters, moves into Salvation Street Mission. Now the family must struggle with the challenges they face in the crime ridden community.
"Widower Noah...
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Proud first lady of a Southern Baptist megachurch, Trinitie Childs carries immense responsibility on her shoulders. After a scandal involving her husband, the church is forced to temporarily close, leaving Trinitie struggling to manage the aftermath. Now, she and her spouse must rebuild their congregation and reconcile their faith by all means necessary to make the biggest comeback that commodified religion has ever seen.
3) The Gospel
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As a teenager, David was studying to follow in his fathers footsteps, by becoming a minister. However, after his mother suddenly dies and his father arrives late, David accuses his father of caring more about others than his mother. David decides to run away and eventually becomes a hot young R & B performer. However, when his father becomes ill he returns home to find his father's church in disarray. David finds that his former best friend, now a...
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"James White is one of dozens of associate pastors at a mega church in Southern California under the tutelage of television evangelist Johnny Kingman. He always longed to have his own church and jumps at the opportunity to become pastor of the impoverished Divine Faith Apostolic Church in Atlanta. His wife and two children aren't very enthusiastic about his assignment. Neither is the congregation itself, but they will have to learn to trust each other...
5) Forgiveness
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A beloved Pastor works to serve his 'flock' and save his 100 year old church. In his dedication and desire to do so, he crosses boundaries that are not to be crossed.
6) Crisis call
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Pastor Robert Peterson never expected to wake up and receive a phone call that would change his life forever. A mysterious man calls Pastor Peterson, and hold him hostage in his own home while forcing him to practice what he preaches. Will faith be enough to bring this man of the cloth through.
8) Sacrifice
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After a fatal crime is committed upon his wife and daughter, tough undercover cop John Hebron struggles to forgive himself for being unable to save them. Plagued by the past, he turns to the counsel of Father Porter, who has recently experienced his own problems when the church's Holy Mary statue falls into the hands of hoodlum vandals. Mike tries to rehabilitate his life for the sake of his little sister; he entrusts each man with something that...
9) The exorcist
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Actress Chris MacNeil becomes increasingly disturbed by the inexplicable behavior of her 12-year-old daughter Regan--mouthing obscenities, predicting the murder of one of Chris's friends, and urinating in public. Doctors and psychologists have no explanation and as a last option, Chris consults a priest. Father Damian Karras, a Jesuit who is having doubts about his own faith following his mother's death, investigates. Karras comes to no other conclusion...
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Reverend Dave is called to defend a group of Christian homeschooling families. He finds himself taken aback by the interference of the government and believing that their right to educate their children is a freedom worth fighting for. Reverend Dave is called to Washington DC to testify in a landmark congressional hearing that will determine the future of religious freedom in our country for years to come.
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Welcome to Stull, Kansas. When pastor Dan and his family answer the calling to move from the big city to take over preaching duties from retiring Pastor Kingsman, little did they know they would be the pawns in a sinister plot to close one of the gates to Hell. Based on actual folklore for this real town believed to be one of the seven gateways to Hell.
13) The sandpiper
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"Rapturous Big Sur is the backdrop as a minister (Burton) is torn between his yearnings for a beautiful free spirit (Taylor) and his love for his wife (Eva Marie Saint)"--Container insert
14) Don Verdean
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Hired by an ambitious small-town pastor to find sacred relics in the Holy Land, a self-proclaimed Biblical archaeologist comes up short, and his attempt to cover up his failure fuels a comic conspiracy.
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"Best friends LC and Roland are two young ministers, climbing the ranks at First Baptist Church, under the leadership of Pastor Dr. Ezekial Canon. Both have dreams of taking over the church, but when the aging pastor stubbornly refuses to step down, the two ministers make pivotal decisions that ultimately fray the fabric of their deeply-woven friendship"--Container.
16) Play the flute
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Brandon Cobb is a new Youth Director who takes over a youth group that's filled with spiritual apathy. As he tries to motivate his students to get serious about their relationship with the Lord, he finds himself in an uphill battle. Although discouraged by their indifference, Brandon sticks to his calling of boldly sharing the truth of God's Word. What happens next is something Brandon and his students will never forget.
18) Heaven sent
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Pastor Patrick has been a widower for fifteen years. A chance meeting with a free-spirited woman from the other side of the tracks turns out to be a true gift from heaven.
19) What remains
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A small-town pastor reckons with an act of forgiveness while a sheriff investigates a murder that may be related.
20) Free in deed
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Set in the distinctive world of storefront churches, and based on actual events, it depicts one man's attempts to perform a miracle. When a single mother brings her young boy to church for healing, this lonely pentecostal minister is forced to confront the seemingly incurable illness of the child and his own demons as well. The more he prays, the more things seem to spiral out of his control.
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