Eleven partner churches in the Neuchâtel region — including the Roman Catholic Church, the Evangelical Reformed Church, the evangelical La Rochette congregation (FREE) and the Salvation Army — have organized a joint cinema screening of season four of The Chosen at the Apollo 1 theatre, with two episodes shown each Thursday from 27 August to 17 September. The series, which portrays the life of Jesus through the eyes of his disciples across seven planned seasons, grows darker in its fourth season as rivalries, persecution and power struggles build toward the crucifixion.
"We want to live out an ecumenism of the ground — we care about cultivating unity through concrete projects that put the Bible or Jesus at the centre," said Pierre-André Léchot, a pastor at La Rochette, whose churches previously screened the first three seasons and plan to continue through all seven. Tickets cost 10 francs, and organizers will be available before and after screenings to talk with attendees, though the screenings themselves include no debate or public remarks, to keep the invitation easy for newcomers.
(Originally published in French. Summary translated by CC / Connexion.)
Source: La Fraternité Romande d'Évangélisation (FREE) — lafree.ch
