Church People Movie Review + Giveaway

CHURCH PEOPLE is now available on DVD & Digital!

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

About the Movie

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.

My Thoughts

People don’t need gimmicks to be drawn to Christ. God’s Word is all we need. However, a funny comedy to show us those two important things does make for an entertaining movie night with a wholesome Christian film.

The script starts off strong with Guy (the youth pastor) saying that if you miss this, you’ve missed everything. While he doesn’t finish that train of thought, it’s implied that he’s trying to share the Gospel. Unfortunately, his message is drowned out by distractions created by his tour manager. Fast forward to the end of his tour, and he comes home to his pastor trying to do the same thing at their church, albeit in a much more dangerous way.

No spoilers for you, but my favorite moment is the final scene where we are reminded in a meaningful way that it is finished and Jesus paid the ultimate price for our sins.

So grab your popcorn bowl and settle in for a night of Christian comedy with some faces that you might recognize. And before it’s all over, you may find yourself saying, “I’m glad they haven’t tried to do that at my church!”

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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.