War Room – A family-friendly drama, the film is about learning to fight the right kinds of battles. Filled with humor, wit and heart, it follows Tony and Elizabeth Jordan, a middle-class couple, and their daughter, Danielle, as they struggle through personal, marital and spiritual issues. Their lives are forever changed after Elizabeth meets an elderly widow who helps her develop a secret prayer room in her home. This film’s focus on prayer strategically highlights a subject of interest to a majority of Americans. According to a National Opinion Research Center survey on frequency of prayer, nearly 90 percent of Americans claim to pray regularly. Some 60 percent say they pray at least once a day—for Christians, that number grows to 84 percent, according to a U.S. News and Beliefnet online poll. Almost 80 percent of American Christians say they pray most often at home. The story of the Jordans, as they struggle to be a family. The film features T.C. Stallings as Tony Jordan with Priscilla Shirer portraying his wife, Elizabeth Jordan, and Alena Pitts playing their 10-year-old daughter, Danielle. “The husband is a successful businessman, but more and more he’s disregarding his family, kind of putting them on the backburner as he chases his career goals,” Kendrick said. Kendrick said the wife can see how their marriage is crumbling and is eventually befriended by an elderly widow who is a “prayer warrior.” “And this elderly woman teaches this young wife how to pray and go to ‘war’ for her husband,” Kendrick said. “Instead of just fighting with him or arguing with him when he comes home she begins praying for him, very specifically, and so she, in a sense turns him over to God and says, ‘Lord, I can’t change him. I need you to intervene here.’ And so she goes to war for him and begins praying for him and we see how God intervenes and begins working in both of their lives.” “We made this film to inspire, challenge and motivate families to fight the right kind of battles and to fight them the best way possible,” said Director and Co-Writer Alex Kendrick. “We have plans for everything—careers, finances, health. But what about a strategy for prayer for our lives, our spouses and our children?” The Kendricks’ fifth film is their first project independent of Sherwood Pictures, the movie ministry of Sherwood Baptist Church. Pre-production began in 2013 with the blessing and support of the Sherwood family, where they remain associate pastors. “Sherwood is still our church home, and we’re here talking to you now only because Michael Catt, our pastor, took a risk, supported us and let us make a movie,” Alex Kendrick said. “We’re going after something here that could radically improve our culture, and moviegoers will experience it within the context of an inspiring and emotional story,” Producer and Co-Writer Stephen Kendrick said. “Prayer is so much more than people realize. It can powerfully affect every problem and need in our lives if engaged from within a vibrant relationship with God.”

• published: 08 Feb 2015
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