The follow-up to the blockbuster faith film God’s Not Dead is wrapping up production this week and just as it took the world by surprise following its initial release, the sequel will do the same.

Scheduled to be released in theaters this Spring, God’s Not Dead 2: He’s Surely Alive, takes audiences back to Hope Springs, Arkansas home not only of Hadleigh University, but also of Martin Luther King Jr. High School, where beloved teacher of the year Grace Wesley (Melissa Joan Hart) helps students understand and enjoy history while. Grace’s love of teaching, her love of life, and her love of people all come from the same place: her love of Christ. But when a student asks an honest question about Jesus in the classroom, Grace’s answer lands her in big trouble, with a student (Hayley
Orrantia) who holds firmly to the idea of “separation of church and state” challenging everything she stands for. What happens next could cost her not only her career, but also expel God from the classroom…for good.

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Melissa Joan Hart stars as a Christian high school teacher who fights for her right to answer a student’s question about Jesus in class, and Jesse Metcalfe co-stars as her sympathetic and charismatic lawyer, in GOD’S NOT DEAD 2: HE’S SURELY ALIVE, the sequel to last year’s surprise hit film, set for release in Spring 2016.

Just like the first, God’s Not Dead 2 will leave you standing unashamedly and firmly in your faith. Make sure to watch see this blockbuster when it hits theaters Easter 2016. You don’t want to miss it!

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