Stephen Kendrick, Movie Producer - OVERCOMER
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2019
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Episode 353
Stephen Kendrick is the producer and co-writer for the new film OVERCOMER, releasing in theaters on August 23.
After serving in church ministry for 20 years, Stephen now writes, speaks and produces Christian films with his brothers, Alex and Shannon. Stephen produced the movies OVERCOMER, WAR ROOM, COURAGEOUS, FIREPROOF, FACING THE GIANTS, and FLYWHEEL; and he co-wrote the New York Timesbestselling books The Love Dare, The Resolution for Men, and The Battle Plan for Prayer. He has been interviewed by “Fox & Friends,” CNN, ABC World News Tonight, and serves on the board of the Fatherhood CoMission. He and his wife Jill live in Albany, Ga. with their six children and are active members at Sherwood Church.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Stephen about the new film, the intersection of sports and faith, why identity is such a key aspect of the film, and the lessons learned from making FACING THE GIANTS that were carried over to OVERCOMER.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.1 | This episode of Sports Spectrum's podcast with Stephen Kendrick, the producer of the new film Overcomer, is brought to you by Compassion International, $38 a month, tax deductible, an opportunity for you and I to release a child from poverty. |
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| 1:26.9 | Stephen Kendrick joins us today on the podcast. |
| 1:29.8 | Really excited to have him be a part of the show. |
| 1:32.4 | As part of the Kendrick brothers with his brother Alex, |
| 1:35.4 | Stephen has produced and co-written films such as Facing the Giants, |
| 1:40.1 | Fireproof, Courageous, and War Room. |
| 1:47.4 | All really great movies. I loved watching them all. |
| 1:52.6 | They're all different kind of movies in dealing with men, dealing with marriage, dealing with prayer, which was what War Room was. And that movie War Room reached number one back when it came |
| 1:58.3 | out in August a few years ago. And I think at that point, that was when I realized that there is an appetite for these kind of movies. |
| 2:07.1 | If they're done well and they're done with Jesus at the center, because Christ is going to do what he wants. |
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