Half a century ago Hollywood was frantically trying to figure out the newly-dominant “youth market.” Since some of that market had recently found Jesus, there was a brief spate of related films: Ze…
This inspirational take on a Southern California ministry’s eventually far-reaching impact may not be a definitive representation of some real-life participants’ roles. Nonetheless, it’s one of the most appealing faith-based big-screen entertainments in a while, polished and persuasive without getting too preachy.’s presence may lure some patrons not typically drawn to this kind of attraction, while co-star Jonathan Roumie will help draw those who are — he played J.C.
Meanwhile, staid pastor Chuck Smith presides over a dwindling congregation. When he expresses prim disapproval of the hippie phenomenon scrutinized on network TV news, his own teen daughter Janette scoffs such lack of understanding may be “why your church is so empty.” Picking up a hitchhiker one day, she sees a golden opportunity in the form of shaggy Lonnie Frisbee .
The infectious welcome provided by Frisbee’s brand of religious outreach, bolstered by “Jesus music” from seminal Christian rock band Love Song, helped turn Smith’s Calvary Chapel into the incubator for an explosively growing movement. By 1971 it, and the principal players depicted here, landed on the cover of “Time Magazine” .
As well it ought, since as detailed in David Di Sabatino’s 2005 documentary “Frisbee: The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher,” Lonnie didn’t leave the ministries he co-founded so much as he was pushed out. Disinterested in money, by all accounts a truly charismatic figure , he apparently clashed with the more assimilationist values of colleagues who went on to long, high-profile evangelical careers.
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