FIREPROOF - Screening #2

Last night, 200+ ministry leaders braved the Monsoon of '08 to see a screening of FIREPROOF at Stonecrest's Regal Theaters off of Rea Road and 485 in Charlotte! A special salute to the gang that drove down from Greensboro as well as the Sherwood Films crew that came all the way from Albany, Georgia.

Surprise guests Alex (left) and Stephen Kendrick (writers and directors of FIREPROOF as well as Facing The Giants) shared with the crowd before and after the film was shown along with Bob Gordon of Provident Films and Jim McBride, executive pastor of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany. Of interest to the Charlotte locals, McBride (right)-who played Bobby Lee Duke, the lollipop-sucking-coach of the nasty rivals in Facing the Giants-worked for many years with Frank Harrison and the folks at Coke Consolidated here in Charlotte before going into pastoral ministry. Reviews for the film have been tremendous and there is a sense that this movie will be used to impact marriages across the country. Dr. Gary Smalley recently commented on the film, "Amazing. Action-packed, heartwarming and a great resource to strengthen and affirm marriages."

Festival Up-Date!

In order to accomodate some of our film selections, the Charlotte-area Projecting Hope Film Festival has been moved to the weekend of October 3rd-5th. Stay tuned for film news and updates.

Amazing Grace!

Arrangements have been finalized to show AMAZING GRACE at the inaugural Projecting Hope Film Festival. Chuck Colson, Founder, Prison Fellowship Ministries, says this: "A brilliant and powerful presentation of one of the most moving moments in modern history. William Wilberforce is the model and hero of my life. I was thrilled to the bone watching this "amazing" movie. No Christian should miss this film."

Ioan Gruffudd (Blackhawk Down) plays Wilberforce, who, as a Member of Parliament, navigated the world of 18th Century backroom politics to end the slave trade in the British Empire. Albert Finney plays John Newton (composer of the song Amazing Grace), a confidante of Wilberforce who inspires him to pursue a life of service to humanity. Benedict Cumberbatch is William Pitt the Younger, England's youngest ever Prime Minister at the age of 24, who encourages his friend Wilberforce to take up the fight to outlaw slavery and supports him in his struggles in Parliament.Elected to the House of Commons at the age of 21, and on his way to a successful political career, Wilberforce, over the course of two decades, took on the English establishment and persuaded those in power to end the inhumane trade of slavery.