The Passion of the Christ continues to have an impact around the world.
This article from Christianity Today tells us a little of its continuing influence.
By Holy Week, The Passion of the Christ had become one of the highest-grossing movies ever to hit American cinemas. The film’s greatest impact, however, may be via pirated DVDs in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia; and crowded theaters in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, Oman, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates.
“This film is generating so much interest in Jesus and the Scriptures,” one missionary in the region said. “Every Christian we are talking to seems to have a story or two.”
Meanwhile, here in Australia, we’re starting to gear up for the official DVD release on the 1st of September.
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Funny, but The Passion doesn’t seem to have made that big an impact in South Africa. Or perhaps I just haven’t heard about it. Some have seen it, but it’s not the hot topic it’s been elsewhere.
Hi,
I did some net searching when the Passion first came out to find-out what the Christian oppostion was all about – funnily from memory alot of its opposition sites were from South Africa.