Press release

In the wake of civil discourse on the hot button social issues devolving to bumper sticker slogans like "Choose Life – Your Mom Did"  "Democrat and Christian" or "God Made Adam and Eve, Not Adam and Steve," film maker Dan Merchant faces the American religious culture dilemma head on with the upcoming theatrical release of his film, Lord, Save Us From Your Followers: Why Is the Gospel of Love Dividing America?, releasing nationwide on September 25, 2009. [Read Greg Wright's review of the film]

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by Angela Walker

Jon and Andy Erwin, veterans of more than a decade in film and television production, today announced the formation of their film school in Birmingham, Alabama. The film school runs July 13 - 16, with advanced labs taking place on July 17 and 18.

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by Angela Walker

The Stoning of Soraya M. (read my review), one of the most challenging and daring films since The Passion of the Christ, opens in theaters nationwide this weekend. It's the powerful tale of an entire village's persecution of an innocent woman, alone at the end save one friend who won't let the story die.

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Excerpted from Joel Rosenberg's Joshua Fund blog

Damascus, (also known as Damascus is Speaking) a 77 minute docu-drama Christian film that tells the story of Saul of Tarsus, is set for DVD distribution in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and the Holy Land. Produced by Arab Christians, the film was shot on location in Damascus and other historic locations in Syria.

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Excerpted from Joel Rosenberg's Epicenter blog

In May, the Kurdish government of Iraq gave permission for a Christian radio station that The Joshua Fund helped finance to officially begin broadcast operations. The establishment of such a station owned and operated by Iraqi followers of Jesus Christ is really an historic development in the history of Christianity in the land once called Babylonia.

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by Angela Walker

Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush topped Christian retail sales charts for DVDs last week. Before last week, that position was held by Fireproof since it was released on DVD earlier this year. That film is #3 on the list from last week.

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by Dr. Marc T. Newman, Ph.D.

Once you get past the first four of the Ten Commandments that deal with humans’ relationship to God, the first "horizontal" commandment is that people honor their fathers and mothers (Exodus 20:12). Last month we honored mothers. If you went to church, you may have seen moms getting flowers, perhaps being asked to stand, even receiving applause. The sermon likely extolled the virtues of motherhood with a special emphasis on appreciating the women who raised us.

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by Aaron J. Leichman - Christian Post

PBS’s board of directors decided Tuesday to bar membership from stations that carry sectarian programming with the exception of those already airing such material.

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Producer Stephen McEveety has a long and rich career in Hollywood, going all the way back to an appearance as "redheaded boy" in one episode of the original Star Trek television series in 1966. Thirteen years later he had his first film credit as a production assistant. From those early beginnings, he built a career that included a long stint with Icon Entertainment, which produced several Mel Gibson films, including the blockbusters Braveheart and The Passion of the Christ.

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by Angela Walker and Leo Etcharte-Tine

Actor Thomas Haden Church portrays Evan Danielson's archrival Johnny Whitefeather in Imagine That, a comedy about the power of a daughter's security blanket to help her father climb the corporate ladder. Haden Church's signature voice and sense of humar add considerable dimension to his role of the not-quite-who-he-seems Whitefeather.

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