Why Andy Erwin Compares Today’s Entertainment Industry to ‘Romans Road’

Published: May 29, 2026

By Movieguide® Staff

Filmmaker Andy Erwin compared today’s faith-based movies and TV shows to a modern-day “Romans Road,” bringing the gospel to the rest of the world.

“The Romans Road was something that was established in the days of Jesus for commerce, for war,” Erwin said, via Crosswalk. “It would be easy for people in that society to say ‘these things were used for greed or for power, and that there’s something not spiritual about it’ – but the thing that allowed the gospel to explode around the world by this group of fishermen was that all the roads were already laid.”

Today, the Romans Road are the movies and TV shows Christian creators bring to audiences around the world.

“[Studios] have output deals that are already laid around the world, just like the Romans Road, they’re there in place,” Erwin explained. “And so when you put out a film here, and it does well domestically, it goes on autopilot around the world – the gospel goes out. So there’s places like in China or in Saudi Arabia that I’d be arrested in the streets if I preach that message, but in the theater they’re paying for us to bring it there.”

He added, “If you prove that it can make money, [studios] will let you do anything you want.”

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Erwin, who works leads Kingdom Story Company, spoke to Family Theater Productions in 2024 about his commitment to making faith-based content.

“I grew up in a Christian environment, but I always thought Christianity was a system of doing good and being a good person. It wasn’t until I came home after my second year of college that I had really changed,” he explained. “God brought me to a place where I recognized that I didn’t know what to do with the person I wanted to be, versus the person I was. I didn’t know how to find redemption.”

He continued, “So God showed me. He gave me a dream: What if we make movies?”

In an interview at the 2023 K-LOVE Fan Awards, Erwin’s brother, Jon Erwin, who leads Wonder Project, shared, “There is a revolution and renaissance of Christianity in Hollywood right now, all over the industry. I’m just grateful that we get to play a small role. But God is just working in every studio outside the system inside the system. It’s an uprising, and it’s fun to be a part of it. So I think you’re gonna see more and more of the films as they get bigger and better. God’s working in Hollywood, right now.”

Movieguide® has celebrated the Erwins’ commitment to leading the entertainment industry in faith with several Movieguide® Awards, including for projects like JESUS REVOLUTION, HOUSE OF DAVID, THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE and more.

The Erwins are just two of the many filmmakers using their Hollywood power to create faith-filled movies and TV shows.

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