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'''Jesus Revolution''' (2023) is an upcoming movie based on the book of the same name by [[Greg Laurie]] (pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Orange County, California), which is a semi-autobiographical account about Laurie's own upbringing and the [[Jesus Movement]] in the early 1970s in Southern [[California]].<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10098448/</ref> Its directors are Jon Erwin and Brent McCorkle.
'''Jesus Revolution''' (2023) is a movie based on the book of the same name by [[Greg Laurie]] (pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Orange County, California), which is a semi-autobiographical account about Laurie's own upbringing and the [[Jesus Movement]] in the early 1970s in Southern [[California]].<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10098448/</ref> Its directors are Jon Erwin and Brent McCorkle.
The movie primarily is centered around five main personalities:
The movie primarily is centered around five main personalities:
*Laurie and his then girlfriend Cathe (nee Martin), neither of whom were Christians growing up, who come to Christ and ultimately begin their ministry together.
*Laurie and his then girlfriend Cathe (nee Martin), neither of whom were Christians growing up, who come to Christ and ultimately begin their ministry together.
It begins playing in theaters on February 24, 2023 (general release) with a special screening on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. A special preview was held at [[Prestonwood Baptist Church]] on February 19 of that year; Laurie was a guest speaker at the church's Sunday services.
It began playing in theaters on February 24, 2023 (general release) with a special screening on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. A special preview was held at [[Prestonwood Baptist Church]] on February 19 of that year; Laurie was a guest speaker at the church's Sunday services.
==Plot==
Joshua, a reporter for Time magazine, interviews Greg at Pirate's Cove, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean where many outdoor baptisms had been held over the past year. He asked him about the [[Jesus Movement]] which had spread from California across the nation.
The movie then flashes back to the prior year. Greg lived in a run-down trailer with his mother, who routinely abused alcohol and had multiple male partners, and attended a military academy at her request, though he preferred drawing instead. While running across a park overrun by hippies, he is approached by Cathe, who invites him to a festival that weekend where Timothy Leary told the attendees to "turn on, tune in and drop out".
Meanwhile, Chuck Smith is the pastor of Calvary Chapel, a small, struggling congregation. After watching a newscast about the hippie movement, Kay (his wife) says that they need help; Chuck replies "what they need is a bath", which earns him the admonishment of his daughter Janette (who remarks that maybe his attitude is why his church isn't growing). Later Janette picks up a hitchhiker, hippie street preacher Lonnie Frisbee, and brings him home to meet Chuck. Despite their differences the two realize that Calvary Chapel needs to aggressively reach out to the hippie crowd; though a few older members leave, the influx of newer, younger members causes the church to erect a tent to handle the growing crowds. The more traditional music is replaced by a contemporary band, LoveSong.
After both Greg and Cathe see the detrimental effects of the drug-induced lifestyle (Cathe's sister nearly overdoses, while Greg nearly dies when the driver of a van in which he is riding -- who is clearly high on drugs -- nearly causes a wreck), they each come to faith in Christ and are baptized in Pirate's Cove.
Though Calvary Chapel is growing and reaching many hippies, behind the scenes Chuck and Lonnie have differing views on how to handle matters (Lonnie wants to follow the "signs and wonders" of the Charismatic movement, while Chuck wants to continue a more reserved approach); after Chuck asks Lonnie to take over a Bible study in Riverside and Lonnie refuses (claiming that Chuck is trying to push him out of the limelight) the two part ways. Greg takes over the study, which turns out not to be successful.
A combination of events -- Lonnie's announcement that he and his wife are moving to Florida, Greg's mother admitting she left his adoptive dad, and Cathe's father not supporting the relationship -- cause Greg and Cathe to break up. Eventually, they reunite, and Chuck announces that he had purchased a church building which was for sale and wants Greg to start a new congregation in Riverside. Later, Greg baptizes several people who had traveled from Texas to see what was happening.
Joshua returns to New York, and ultimately mails Chuck a copy of the famous Time magazine from 1971 titled "The Jesus Revolution". The final clips show what happened in later years to Chuck, Lonnie, LoveSong, and Greg and Cathe.
== Background ==
== Background ==