No Vacancy

Many churches, while being involved in local and foreign mission projects, spend much of their financial resources maintaining the home church and its own buildings and programs. Learning that FBC Leesburg members voted not to build a new and needed sanctuary but instead to focus on helping the homeless and desperate people in their city reveals the heart of the pastor and his flock. Having been to the church and seen them myself, the buildings are old, worn, and in terrible need of repair and replacement. A new sanctuary would surely have been a real blessing to the congregation, yet they chose to focus not on their own needs but on the needs of others. This fact alone is quite inspiring and compels one to examine what is really important in life.

Often, seeing God's work is not so easy, as HIs actions occur over weeks, months, or years. Via this movie, we get to see His work in a bit under two hours, and we get to see how the elements of His plan came together in order to radically change the lives of a few real characters shown in the movie not to mention so many others since then. As shown during the closing credits, the ministry has expanded far beyond its original plan, and this shows God had a bigger purpose in mind and more than originally imagined. This is so often true in the lives of people who trust and follow Jesus.

This movie will really cause you to think and consider how you are investing in others, are you fulfilling God's call upon your life? There are upsetting and deeply disturbing parts of the story that will leave you thinking about it long after you leave the theater.

Since I am starting a community of tiny homes for the homeless this movie touched me in so many ways. Dealing with the struggles but with God's help in touching people all things are possible. Loved the movie!

I rarely endorse a movie and more rarely a true-life movie, but I fully endorse and support the movie "No Vacancy" by Kingstone Studios. It not only portrays how Christians should act, but it also shows how Godly Churches and Pastors should act! And how God will reward them and those they minister to.

The movie follows an addict and shows how he is brought from desperation with a death wish to helping others overcome what he overcame.

I missed the intro where it said it was a true story and halfway through the movie I thought the world would be different if only this was true; if only all churches did this, if only more people did what the reported did. When the end came and they showed the real-life people with the actor and describe their lives I totally rejoiced!!

This one Church changed a city!! Can you imagine what would happen if all the Churches that call on the name of the Lord would do this?

As the current Director at Samaritan Inn I can not say enough great things about this movie!! It was an absolutely wonderful depiction of how the Samaritan Inn came to be, and such an inspirational story of Cecil Johnson who I got to know deeply during my time at the FBC Leesburg. I could watch this movie over and over! If I could give it 15 stars I would!