The Calling

The lord gave me a near fatal paper cut for reading Michael Chriton's Congo. While in the hospital hoping the lord and his doctors could save my finger I found this on the television. After 2 hours of the droning voice overs, sparsely dressed sets and so much gibberish I fell asleep. Fours days later the paper cut was healed! Praise him!! After that I dedicated my life to selling nonsense to idiots. Someday if I make enough money for the lord I hope he'll tell me what sins he was holding over Faye Dunaway and Brad Dourif that they had to pick up that paycheck.

I am pleased to see the lord has blessed the director with a background role in an ignored Woody Allen film.

Many years ago, God led me to go to Greenville S. C. but I did not know why. I returned back to Tennessee & told everyone that I would soon return to Greenville S. C. but I didn't know why or when. I rented this movie without knowing who it was about and without ever hearing about Leroy Jenkins. In the movie, he severely injures his arm & is divinely healed. At the time, I had been suffering greatly from unexplained severe arm pain for an entire year. In the movie, towns in South Carolina were mentioned. I had to learn more about Rev. Jenkins. So I looked online after watching the movie & discovered that he was going to hold a healing crusade in Greenville S.C. in only 2 weeks. So I returned to Greenville knowing that I would be healed. And sure enough, without Rev. Jenkins ever speaking directly to me and without him laying hands on me, as soon as he passed by me, I felt energy running through my arm & I was instantly healed. I was also divinely delivered cigarette addiction during that same crusade. Many other people at the crusade threw down their illegal drugs and were instantly delivered. This movie was very good and very different from other Christian movies. In the bible, the men of God were persecuted & hated, not loved by millions and not embraced by millions. This true life story movie shows how that the current men of God are also hated & persecuted.

The movie captured the way things were back then. The Actors did a wonderful job, Faye Dunaway was a GREAT Mae West. Robert Wagner gives one of his best performances. Brad Dourif shows why he's one of the most sought after actors in the business. Ricco Chapa is a natural born actor. Leroy Jenkins is a one of a kind but Damian playing the Rev brought back memories of when I was a kid. My parents would load up the car and haul all of us kids to the tent meeting in Indiana.

If you grew up listening to Oral Roberts, Billy Graham, or Leroy Jenkins I think you'll find this movie is a trip back in time.

I've seen the movie twice.

Thank you, Damian Chapa, for shining a light on a man of faith. It, Man of Faith, worked wonders in me. I bought the DVD from a 3/$1 shelf, lucky me it's a treasure. I Am so grateful. Praise God He can do such good work through you. Blessings' Best, H. J.

This movie was so much better than I thought it would be. I have seen several of Damian's movies, and I thought the truthfulness of this character was outstanding. When I compared this to Robert Duval's "the Apostle", this is so much better in truthfulness. First of all, I am very much "in tune" with the Holy Spirit and His work in the church. This was so truthful I could sense the anointing when Damian was performing his activities as a Spirit-filled pastor. Without commenting on the actual person's life being portrayed, This portrayal of a Spirit filled pastor doing the works of God using the gifts of the Holy Spirit is as actual as any spirit filled church in the Pentecostal world. The prison scenes were also poignant and realistic. The writing was also clear and covered the life in a superb conciseness. There were a few scenes in the original family setting that lost some truthfulness, but other than those few, the rest were "right on".