Jonathan Roumie

Like, I'm good because the show is just a vehicle for this point of human contact and this encounter that we're all meant to have with each other and with the divine beyond us.

To get to the point now where globally it's one of the most watched TV shows in the entire world, and 30% of that audience is non-religious, I think that's pretty significant. And so I don't really know why Hollywood would be afraid of that.

To get to the point now where globally it's one of the most watched TV shows in the entire world, and 30% of that audience is non-religious, I think that's pretty significant. And so I don't really know why Hollywood would be afraid of that.

Of course, it's my pleasure.

Of course, it's my pleasure.

Yeah, it's... It's been almost 100% secularized in terms of media and culture. I think it's hard to sort of see it being hijacked, but it's been like that for... I remember as a kid seeing these signs around churches around Christmas time. It says, keep Christ in Christmas. And especially now, any movie that comes out during the season that's about Christmas.

Yeah, it's... It's been almost 100% secularized in terms of media and culture. I think it's hard to sort of see it being hijacked, but it's been like that for... I remember as a kid seeing these signs around churches around Christmas time. It says, keep Christ in Christmas. And especially now, any movie that comes out during the season that's about Christmas.

There's no trace of Jesus in it at all. So it's unfortunate, but that's why guys like Dallas Jenkins are around to kind of give people the alternatives like, oh yeah, this is what this is about. And then however I can,

There's no trace of Jesus in it at all. So it's unfortunate, but that's why guys like Dallas Jenkins are around to kind of give people the alternatives like, oh yeah, this is what this is about. And then however I can,

contribute in my own way like to remember that yes christmas is supposed to be joyful but at the end of the day you know the birth of christ is meant to ultimately lead us to the cross of christ to bring the world hope and salvation and and everything that comes with with that

contribute in my own way like to remember that yes christmas is supposed to be joyful but at the end of the day you know the birth of christ is meant to ultimately lead us to the cross of christ to bring the world hope and salvation and and everything that comes with with that

I don't know why, because I think when you look at the numbers with how The Chosen has performed and how other projects like Jesus Revolution have done with audiences, there's an audience that's there. But I think maybe because for so long there has been

I don't know why, because I think when you look at the numbers with how The Chosen has performed and how other projects like Jesus Revolution have done with audiences, there's an audience that's there. But I think maybe because for so long there has been

a rash of media and content and films made under the guise of being related to faith that have just missed the mark in terms of excellence, or they read as so heavy-handed in their attempts to proselytize that essentially they're made for the choir. With The Chosen, it's like, well, we really see ourselves as a historical drama. And so 30% of our audience now is non-religious.

a rash of media and content and films made under the guise of being related to faith that have just missed the mark in terms of excellence, or they read as so heavy-handed in their attempts to proselytize that essentially they're made for the choir. With The Chosen, it's like, well, we really see ourselves as a historical drama. And so 30% of our audience now is non-religious.

Like, that's a lot. And for a show that the early adopters were Christians, to get to the point now where globally it's one of the most watched TV shows in the entire world, and 30% of that audience is non-religious, I think that's pretty significant. And so I don't really know why Hollywood would be afraid of that.

Like, that's a lot. And for a show that the early adopters were Christians, to get to the point now where globally it's one of the most watched TV shows in the entire world, and 30% of that audience is non-religious, I think that's pretty significant. And so I don't really know why Hollywood would be afraid of that.

I think that's a great question. I think the simplest way to describe it is knowing or arriving at the position of where I recognize that my ability to control my destiny, my fate, my path, whatever you want to call it, ultimately I believe is beyond me. Yet I have to participate in the process of moving forward, of achievement, of trying to follow the direction that I believe I'm meant to go.

I think that's a great question. I think the simplest way to describe it is knowing or arriving at the position of where I recognize that my ability to control my destiny, my fate, my path, whatever you want to call it, ultimately I believe is beyond me. Yet I have to participate in the process of moving forward, of achievement, of trying to follow the direction that I believe I'm meant to go.

When I came to the conclusion in that moment that we talked about, that moment of surrender, I came to the conclusion that for the previous eight years up to that point, I think that God had an idea or a plan for me, and then it's like He said, okay, this is, I've given you these gifts, I've given you these talents, do something with them.