The Undershepherd Page #2

Synopsis: Best friends LC and Roland are two young ministers, climbing the ranks at the First Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Dr. Ezekial Canon.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Russ Parr
Production: Entertainment One
  3 wins.
 
IMDB:
6.2
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
110 min
52 Views


Uh, goodbye,

ladies.

Okay, so...

That was rude.

How was

that rude?

Can you just... excuse us

for a moment.

Sure.

All that, all that,

all that...

that really

wasn't cool.

I really enjoyed

that sermon today.

Thank you, sir, thank you very,

very much, thank you.

- You proud of him?

- Yes.

We need

to talk.

Praise God, absolutely,

whenever you want, I'm ready.

All right.

Give me a call

whenever you're ready.

Ten... no,

eight, eight.

Yeah, I think this

is it.

- This is it right here.

- Right here?

Yeah, this

is it.

Jesus... you sure?

- Oh, wow.

- What do you think?

Well, I guess we gotta

start somewhere.

If

Dr. Cannon has been here

for over 50 years.

Even you have to admit,

the man was real good.

Minister Case,

are you kidding?

I mean, if anyone

should be considered

to take over the preaching

duties of this church,

I believe

it should be me.

You know, technically, we

don't even have to have you

in this meeting 'cause you are

not a member of this board.

Just stop all

this nonsense.

Brother Wilks, I'm

ashamed of you.

If Dr. Cannon knew what you were

up to he would be hurt.

And if Red gets wind of

this... you know what, no.

I vote for

no change.

All in favor,

raise your hand.

Look, as you know...

All proceedings of this board

shall remain confidential.

This meeting

is adjourned.

You people are standing

in the way of progress.

If

Good morning.

Good morning.

Thank you so much for being

here with us this morning.

It's a beautiful day.

Good to see all

your beautiful faces.

And, uh, just very thankful

that you are all here

to worship with us,

and, uh, do God's work.

So, uh...

And as I said before...

These people

were not friends of God.

No, they weren't,

they were...

They were frauds.

They were fakes.

- And...

- That's it!

They were false

prophets.

Praise Him...

Thank you, Jesus!

Thank you, Jesus.

Uh-huh.

Somebody say, "Amen. "

Amen!

Tell 'em, tell 'em,

tell 'em, Pastor.

Tell 'em, Pastor.

It's like some of

the people you work with.

They smile in

your face,

and all the time they

trying to take your place.

They're the backstabbers.

Hallelujah!

Ha-ha-ha-ha,

hallelujah!

Pastor, tell 'em.

Tell 'em, Pastor,

tell 'em!

Y'all don't hear me?

Tell 'em, Pastor,

tell 'em!

Ha-ha, tell

'em, Pastor, tell 'em!

I Tell them I

I Tell them, Pastor I

I Tell them how we need to

move in God's favor I

I Tell them,

tell them, Pastor I

Tell them, tell

them, Pastor.

I Praise God I

I Praise God I

I Praise... God I

I Tell them I

Y'all don't hear me?

I God wants change I

I If you want change I

I God wants you

to live I

If you don't

hear me today...

I God... wants you

to live I

But he also

wants you to give.

I God wants you to live I

But he wants you

to give.

I You gotta give I

I In order to live I

I You gotta give I

I You gotta give I

I You gotta give I

I You gotta give

if you want to live I

I You want change I

I I'll bring

a change I

I You want change,

I'll bring a change I

I Are you sick and tired I

I Of listening to the

same old sermon I

I Are you sick and

tired of the same old story?

I Are you sick and tired

of listening I

I To the same old black man

killin' the same old black man I

I You want a change I

I You want a change I

I You want a change I

I I'll bring you change I

I Come on, Pastor Roberts,

come and tell them I

I Come on,

Pastor Roberts I

I You finish telling them I

I Come on,

Pastor Roberts I

I You gotta tell them I

I You gotta tell them I

I You gotta tell them I

I You gotta tell them I

I You gotta tell them I

I You gotta tell them I

I You gotta tell them I

Praise God,

thank you, Jesus.

I Praise God tell them

Pastor Roberts I

I Finish tellin' 'em I

I Tell them,

Pastor Roberts I

I You gotta tell them I

I Finish tellin' N

If you can stop yelling

in the hallway and just tell me

what the problem is because I

don't know what the prob...

Now wait!

Just stop.

I want something done about

this young man.

And I want

something done now.

Look-look-look, let's

just stop it.

Let me tell

you something.

If you ever do that to

me again, I will hurt you.

I swear I will.

Let me go!

I want him suspended

or banished from this church.

You need to get your ass

kicked, you know that?

Now look,

let's not overreact.

Sit down, please.

Again,

brothers and sisters,

I really don't understand

what the problem is.

What you did out there

was disrespectful,

that's the problem.

Pastor Roberts,

I just got caught up in

the spirit of your sermon.

Really?

I just couldn't contain

my enthusiasm.

The Holy Spirit is

a very powerful thing.

We all know that.

Wilks, what do you

want to do about this?

Those people in

that church have no idea

that there is a problem.

Suspension or banishment

will send a very clear message

that there is a problem.

So let's just

take those options

off the table

right now.

Instead...

why don't we

just consider

adding a very talented new

voice into the mix.

Oh. "o. no, no.

You mean, allow

him to preach?

Yes.

Oh, crazy.

- Out of the question.

- Crazy.

He's a loose

cannon.

With all due

respect, Doctor.

You are losing them

out there.

Losing them.

Hey, look, look,

look here.

If I was 30

years younger,

me and you would go

out in the back.

20, 20 years.

Me and you.

But you're not.

You're not.

I just wrote these

sermons last night

and wanted to get

your opinion.

Okay, I'll

look them over.

Okay and I'll get

your car.

Thanks, Joe.

Hold on, hold on!

Can we, can we, can

we table him?

Sister Roberts.

You look absolutely

breathtaking today.

How are

you doing?

I'm fine.

What's going on

in there?

Well, it appears

that, uh...

Dr. Cannon and your husband

and a few others are mad at me.

What you did out there

was pretty risky.

You know how

conservative this church is.

You just made them

all uncomfortable.

What about you?

What about me?

Do I make you

uncomfortable.

Not in

the least.

Then maybe we could get together

for coffee sometime.

You do know I'm

a married woman.

You do know that I

like to drink coffee.

I like it black.

Lots of sugar.

A little bit

of cream.

If

Well, church, it's time

to hear your testimonies.

Well, uh, I been coming

to this church

for about, uh,

ten years now, Dr. Cannon.

And, um... there's no place me

and my family would rather be.

My problem

is my six kids.

Yeah, six kids can

be a problem.

Yes, yes.

It's hard to get them

to wanna go to church.

My kids say

church is boring.

That's understandable.

It's hard to get kids

to sit still for a minute.

Believe me, I know.

But they like it

when Pastor Case preaches.

They can related.

And frankly,

so can I.

Now I'm

open to change.

'Cause change is

good, right?

So if there's any

possibility that he can, uh...

speak to us a

little more.

Well, thank

you Sister Jones.

Who's next?

Brother Randy?

Well, I agree with

Sister Jones.

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Russ Parr

Russ Parr (born 1959 in California) is an American radio DJ, film director, writer, actor and television personality known for such television shows as Rock 'N' America. more…

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