Beyond the Gates of Splendor

My sociology teacher played part of this in class, and it piqued my interest enough that I searched it up when I got home and watched the rest of it. And wow, what a story! I'm not even a Christian, and it touched my soul all the same. It's a hidden gem that you don't want to miss out on, regardless of whether you're religious or not. This documentary is sorrowful but uplifting, and the events that transpired were tragic but ultimately hopeful.

Aside from the beauty of the story, it's so bizarre that such a thing actually happened and I had no idea about it. Truth really is stranger than fiction, and I was reminded through this film that the world is very, very big and extremely interesting.

i love this movie. great for the whole family. very moving and it gets you thinking about whats really important in life. please watch. I would recommend. And its a true story!!! Its about 5 missionaires who were killed and it shows such compassion and true love between people of all parts of the world. Its inspiring and its amazing how missing missionaries are not even reported anymore and back then it was such a big deal. I think people forget what this country was founded upon. I really didn't think this was going to be any good, but once I started watching it i couldn't stop. Such a wonderful story of some very brave and wonderful missionaries. This is funny,romantic, sad, suspenseful. please watch!

I went to see Steven Curtis Chapman in concert. I discovered there would be a film shown during the concert. This is not what I had envisioned, when going to a concert. "A movie"? "I didn't pay money for a movie, not tonight at least." The film which turned out to be Beyond The Gates Of Spldor, put me to tears. If you have ever had a tough time forgiving someone for an incident that happened in your past, please watch this movie.

Steve Saint and Mincaye were there and walked on stage right after the film was shown, a standing ovation was given.

Four years later I see the DVD for sale at a video store.

I didn't even think twice about dropping $20.00 for this. It is a must have, and I am proud to own it.

I have heard this story of the 5 murdered missionaries in 1956, all my life, and have looked forward to seeing this movie, Beyond the Gates of Splendor, for some time.

But, I thought that these folks were bringing the love of Jesus Christ to these uncivilized people. I do not recall one mention of Jesus, Christ, or even the generic "God." I seem to remember the phrase that Jim Elliot said, something like we will not shoot them to defend ourselves, we know that we are going to heaven, we are not sure about them, a very nice moment. But that was about it, as I remember.

I was VERY disappointed with this "politically correct" editing. It could have been more inspirational, instead of educational. Other than that, the story as told/edited by sociologists and those who prefer to only speak in secular "verbage," is still next to none.

Having the actual people filmed telling what happened was FANTASTIC.

This is the most compelling documentary and story I have ever experienced. I was only vaguely familiar the story. The idea of going to live with people who killed one of my loved ones is difficult to understand. Even the idea of why the families were there in the first place is foreign to our American culture. The music in this documentary sounds like movie music, and the people in the story are amazing, the north and south Americans.

Clearly this amazing tribe would have wiped themselves out if it were not for the missionaries. They should make a feature film about this story.