Episode 80: The Chosen

Are you looking for ways to engage the children in your life with the Word of God?

Today you’re going to hear from Dallas Jenkins, Creator, Director & Co-Writer of the 1st ever multi-season show about the life of Christ! “The Chosen” is the largest crowd-funded media project of all-time. This series brings us cultural and historical context mixed with artistic imagination to present a powerful retelling of the gospel stories that puts you right in the middle of each scene. Today you’ll hear the heart behind this amazing ministry and some insider details about the show.

Ready to hear how “The Chosen” points people of all ages to Scripture? Let’s go…

DALLAS JENKINS, son of celebrated Left Behind author Jerry Jenkins, first produced the independent feature Hometown Legend at the age of 25 and shepherded it to distribution by Warner Brothers. In the nearly 20 years since then, he has directed and produced over a dozen feature and short films for companies such as Universal, Lionsgate, Pureflix, Hallmark Channel, and Amazon. His most recent film, The Resurrection of Gavin Stone, released in theaters in 2017. He is now the creator of the largest crowd-funded media project of all-time, a multi-season series about the life of Christ entitled The Chosen.

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