Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Acting
Ejiofor's trembling sermon—Oscar-worthy stillness
Direction
Marston refuses easy religious melodrama
Writing
The dinner table scene: theology as family weapon
Director
Joshua Marston
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Carlton Pearson
Martin Sheen
Oral Roberts
Danny Glover
Gilbert Pearson
Dola Rashad
Gina Pearson
Jason Segel
Henry
LaKeith Stanfield
Reggie
Joni Bovill
Yvette Flunder
Tracey Bonner
Kiesha
Selena Anduze
Claire
Tonea Stewart
Lillie Ruth Pearson
Andrew Masset
John Heines
Ric Reitz
Richard Roberts
Roxzane T. Mims
Minnie
Greg Lutz
Pat Robertson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is based on real evangelist Carlton Pearson, who led one of America's largest Pentecostal churches before his 'Gospel of Inclusion' made him an industry pariah.
LaKeith Stanfield's brief role as Reggie was expanded after test screenings—his suicide became the film's emotional anchor, though the real Pearson's theology shift predated any specific tragedy.
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