Within a few weeks, a group of men from One Accord Community Church will stand before their families, their fellow church members and their God and recite promises to be the spiritual leader of their home.
The promises are the same ones made by a group of men after an examination of their lives in the movie “Courageous,” which has been shown in a number of area churches this month.
“The five or six men in the movie probably all represent somebody in [any] church,” said Ray Williams, pastor of One Accord, where the movie was shown last week. “They’re so focused on work and everything and not there for their kids the way they should be.”
The Sherwood Pictures movie, he said, suggests men should have a balance of work, family and church.
“Courageous,” which cost $2 million to produce but earned $35 million following its September theatrical release, was the No. 1 DVD sold the third week of January, according to Studio Briefing, a daily digest of entertainment industry news.