We still had the prayer support of our church. We shot this film [War Room] in Charlotte, North Carolina, and we had about 85 churches rise up and support us across racial and denominational lines, and many of them were praying for us, and we built some prayer teams where we had people on set praying.
Stephen KendrickJesus communicated parables to the secular people around him and he used stories that were very relevant to their lives, and He was taking heaven's truth and packaging it in an earthly context.
Stephen KendrickOften parents have a great desire and hopes, and aspirations for their kids but they don't have any practical plans of action.
Stephen KendrickYour quality of life is directly tied to the amount of love flowing in you and through you to others. Though itโs often overlooked, love is infinitely more valuable than riches, fame, or honor. They will pass away, but love remains.
Stephen KendrickWell that's basically how we launched Sherwood Pictures, and with our films, we sat down and we had a long list of specific things that we were praying for God to provide, and then we would just deal with all those things in prayer first, and then when we went out and began knocking on doors and calling, it was clear that God was going before us and providing the way and sending the resources.
Stephen KendrickWe [me and Alex Kendrick] had our pastor's blessing back in 2013 to launch out, and so we shot [ War Room] last year, in 2014, but we still had the church pray over us , before the movie hit theatres, and the pastor was asking God to bless the film, and so we're very excited about what's happening .
Stephen Kendrick