
Edwin Porter, a Methodist minister, is sent to a little church in the small town of Sterling, Texas, to try to save it from financial insolvency. The move is sudden and is complicated by the fact that Porter’s wife and eight children are all very comfortable in the large, successful church they have been serving in Dallas.

as Papa

as Pearl

as John White

as Missy B

as Hugh

as Cecil

as Janette

as Raybon (as Brandon Sokolosky)

as Edd

as Gil

as Alyene

as Paul

as Kate Tucker

as Granger

as Jack Murphy

as Billy Kilgore

as William Lee

as Eric Lee

as Marilyn

as Darlene

as Elliott Powell

as Miss Cartwright

as Ron Powell

as Claudie Walker

as Tom

as Sally Grimes

as Juan

as Harry

as Limping Farmboy (uncredited)