The Gospel Page #3

Synopsis: A young singer turns his back on God and his father's church when tragedy strikes. He returns years later to find the once powerful congregation in disarray. With his childhood friend creating a "new vision" for the church, he is forced to deal with family turmoil, career suicide, and relationship issues that send him on a collision course with redemption or destruction.
Genre: Drama, Music
Director(s): Rob Hardy
Production: Screen Gems
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.4
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
32%
PG
Year:
2005
105 min
$15,778,152
Website
349 Views


But in rejoicing, I want you to always

acknowledge where it came from.

Amen? Hallelujah.

All right.

The Minister Frank.

Charles Frank.

I've been watching him

since he was a little boy.

Reverend Charles Frank. Let's just

give him one more hallelujah.

As the choir starts to sing, we gonna

invite y'all to come up to the altar.

You know, sometimes

we lose our way.

Sometimes we struggle

with our faith.

But if you put your faith in God

you can't go wrong.

If you're looking for a church home,

come on and join our family.

There's no such thing

as a perfect church.

But I'm here to tell you,

there is a perfect God.

Now, as the new saints

turn and face the congregation

the congregation has something

they wanna tell you.

Welcome home!

And that's what we say when you

join our church. Welcome home.

This is big. I worked it out.

The Reverend Isaac Winston

wants to meet you.

I'm serious. Apparently he's heard

some great things about you.

As soon as he gets

a break in his schedule

he wants to take you to lunch.

- That's big.

This is big. This is what we've been

waiting for. You're on the way.

- I'll see you in a little bit.

- All right.

Excuse me. You're David Taylor,

aren't you?

- Yeah.

- Told you.

It's great that you still come by

the church when you're in town.

No one's supposed

to know I'm here.

- It's a surprise for my father.

- Well, good for him.

I know I'd be surprised if I came home

and found you in my living room

singing your song

"Let Me Undress You."

I'd be happy and both surprised

at the same time.

- Do you have a girlfriend?

- All right, now, ladies, come on, now.

Let the man be.

He came to hear the word of God

not be put on the spot.

- Okay. Well, David

it was nice meeting you.

- Nice to meet you.

Where your Bible at?

You still got the gift of gab, I see.

Well, you know. I try to be

of service to those in need.

- Right.

- You look good, though, man.

I mean, you look real good. It's good

to have you back in the church.

Help offset that bumping and grinding

you've been doing in them videos.

- Hey, cousin.

- Hey, cousin.

- How you doing?

- I'm good, David.

- Good to see you.

- Good to see you too.

- When did you get here?

- This morning. Came right to church.

I knew y'all would be

doing your thing here.

Yeah, we are.

Does the bishop know you're here?

Not yet. No, I'm gonna go up

and surprise him now.

- Okay.

- Baby, we gotta go so we can...

Yeah, we do. Well, how long

are you gonna be here?

- A couple days, maybe a week.

- You're not going

without having dinner

with Frank and me.

- Okay, no doubt. Yeah.

- Okay?

- All right, Frankie.

- All right, David.

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Rob Hardy

Robert "Rob" Hardy, Jr. (born July 22, 1971) is a film director, film producer, screenwriter, and television director. With partner Will Packer, he founded the production company Rainforest Films in 1994. Hardy's films credits include The Gospel, Trois, and Trois 2: Pandora's Box. His television credits include ER, Criminal Minds, Arrow, and The Game. more…

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