5 Reasons Why Hollywood is a Mission Field

I came to Hollywood in 2010 to do the Act One Producing and Entertainment Executive Program. One of the first speakers I heard from was the founder of Hollywood Prayer Network, Karen Covell. She started that ministry 20 years ago, and it just celebrated its “birthday” this past August. She and her composer husband, Jim Covell, have been in Hollywood for decades, working and living amongst industry folk, finding and cultivating relationships with the Christians who were here too. I was so impacted by their presentation on Hollywood is a Mission Field, that I have never not thought about it as such. In my last post, I talked about how Hollywood is foreign land. As such, we can look at Hollywood as an opportunity to spread the gospel and make disciples like Jesus commissioned us throughout “all nations”. Inspired by the Covells, here are 5 reasons Hollywood is a mission field: