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“Same Faith, Same City, Different Worlds”

he started The Rock, and is now a mega church where the community service takes the form of very large donations that land in the collection plate. Jeremiah has now been travelling the world setting up new churches, but Jeremiah has lost sight where his journey all began as a pastor.

Second Chance Church.

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From day one, there is tension between Ethan and Jake. Then Jake takes Ethan on a tour of the neighborhood. Jake is upset with Ethan's father, Jeremiah, for moving to the suburbs and Ethan has trouble relating with Jake.

Themovie, The Second Chance, stars a popular Christian singer, Michael W. Smith. This is his first big feature movie role.

Michael W. Smith plays Ethan Jenkins who is the son of a very successful televangelist, Jeremiah Jenkins, being played by J. Don Ferguson. This movie starts with Ethan and Jeremiah making their own photo shoot at the soup kitchen at their church, Second Chance Community Church, in the inner city. Jeremiah started the church in the middle of the turbulence of the civil rights' demonstrations in the sixties. Jeremiah has now moved to the suburbs from the inner city where

Jake Sanders, the pastor of the Second Chance Church played by Jeff Obafemi Carr, is a little bit of an unpredictable person. Jake makes a Sunday visit to The Rock. Ethan invites Jake to say a few words to the congregation. When Jake begins to speak, he upsets the congregation by saying their donations that they give to help Second Chance Church to minister to the poor is okay, and he doesn't want their money because they visit his church and they don't even help out there. Now the church board is angry with Ethan and tells him he needs to take a leave of absence to go and help Jake at the

The youth pastor from the Second Chance Church takes a terrible beating while protecting a young man who is trying to leave a gang. His beating has Ethan questioning his own courage and his Christian convictions.

When Ethan and Jake find out Jeremiah's new plans for the Second Chance Church, it takes a lot of work and courage to fix things and make it right between the two of them.

The Second Chance is a warm, heartfelt movie. It is a gripping call for Christians to live a life of faith in word and in deed. It's has an ending that is very uplifting, dramatic and encouraging.

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