Last Easter time, I went to a showing of THE CHOSEN at my local cinema. The first two episodes of Series 5 of the television series was being shown.
The Chosen – crowdfunded
The Chosen’s Easter launch in cinemas was a mechanism to fundraise. This series has been a popular favourite amongst Christian audiences. Of course it was only a few weeks later when it would be broadcast on Amazon Prime, free for subscribers. But a lot of people filled the audience nevertheless, to support it and/or to see it as soon as it was made available!
After the programme came to a close and I sat watching the credits, I suddenly realised most of the people in the audience would be Christians. People in the audience were mingling longer than usual at a cinema, and my friend had got up to say “Hi” to a Christian friend she’d spotted.
An idea came to me… I stood up.
“I think most of us here are Christians,” I said before I had time to think about the significance of me standing up in a dark cinema and calling out to the crowd.
There were numerous sounds of confirmation.
“We’ve got to pray that people come to know Jesus,” I said (or words to that effect) Then I prayed aloud — and there were a lot of “Amens”.
Why am I sharing this?
I wish I’d said more.
I was soon surrounded by half a dozen people who just wanted to tell me which church they attended or about the ministry they were involved with in the town, or to encourage me for speaking out.
It was a nice moment.
Unity is vital to the body of Christ
We need to take the opportunities we have, to recognise them and to use them to build and extend our unity, our fellowship, and our time together to pray.