Follow-up Spear
By JoeBruin88. Filed in Movies and Spiritual |Tags: Christian, End-of-the-Spear, faith, gospel, missions, Movies, Spiritual
I received a forwarded email from one of Josephine’s co-workers regarding some initial reaction to the premiere of movie, End of the Spear after its opening this past weekend.
The following email was sent from Bearing Fruit Communications and Every Tribe Entertainment:
Dear Tribe,
Your support made End of the Spear among the top ten highest grossing films in the nation this last weekend. By doing this you’ve succeeding in bringing End of the Spear to the attention of more people than our marketing budget could ever reach. Now it is word of mouth that will extend this story into more and more hearts for as long as End of the Spear remains in theaters. Each day this week we will share how people like you became a part of this story by making contact. Here are the first few.
A Nation makes contact:
Mia Doerksen became a champion for making contact in Guam. She got local TV news to do a review. She organized youth to pass out flyers. Mia told us, “Let’s just say that when I started this, when I’d ask Christians (or not) if they heard the movie, only one said yes. Now, everyone has either seen the paper, TV, etc.” She got two other radio stations to promote the film and give free tickets from the Micro Mall movie theater. She even got government sponsorship and endorsement of her efforts because of the indigenous population reconciliation and anti-violence message of the film. Guam was among the markets where End of the Spear performed the highest. Thank you Mia.A school makes contact:
Lane, a teacher from Hopkinsville, KY dared to make contact by incorporating the story into her high school curriculum. She asked those who had been truly changed during or since the emphasis of this story to come forward. Three-fourths of 6th-12th grade students responded. Some were still crying after lunch. Lane provided us pages of personal expressions from her students after seeing End of the Spear. Thank you Lane.An individual makes contact:
Marj Pals writes, “When I was selling tickets for our Bethany Community Church showing of End of the Spear on Jan 19th, I noticed a lady walking by and asked her if she wanted to go. She broke down in tears and said ‘I would like to go… but I am all alone and don’t know anybody.’ That gave me a chance to give her a hug and share just a little from my own experience of going through a divorce and feeling all alone…..and how the Ladies Bible Class that I teach is a safe place, and I invited her. Many hurting people like this whose lives need God’s grace……….that’s what This Story is all about.” Thank you Marj.As you continue to experience End of the Spear and share this experience with others, please be sure to share them also with us. Send your stories to groupsales@everytribe.com We rejoice in these stories with you, and are deeply grateful for the heartfelt connection around End of the Spear.
Bearing Fruit Communications and Every Tribe Entertainment
The movie entertains and it helps change lives.
Tim, I still agree with you that the producers erred. But I think the film is bringing honor to the Lord.