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A new movie is set to tell the powerful story of Christian missionaries who boldly and valiantly carried the Gospel message into China.<\/p>\n
Director Matt Mikalatos recently told CBN News about the transformational, real-life story behind his upcoming movie \u201cHudson & Maria,\u201d a remarkable story about legendary missionaries Hudson and Maria Taylor, a husband and wife duo who carried the truth into China in the 1800s.<\/p>\n
\u201cSet during the Opium Wars in 19th-century China, \u2018Hudson & Maria\u2019 follows the true story of Hudson Taylor, an English missionary who rejects colonial norms and adopts Chinese language, customs, and dress as he seeks to share God\u2019s love in inland China,\u201d an official press release reads. \u201cAlongside him are Maria, his devoted and courageous wife, and Wang Laijun, a loyal Chinese friend whose insight bridges cultures.\u201d<\/p>\n
The text continues, \u201cTogether, they endure hardship and build deep bonds, telling a powerful story of faith, sacrifice, and cross-cultural connection.\u201d<\/p>\n
The movie, produced by Half Crown Media in association with Burns & Co. Entertainment, will begin filming this August in Asia.<\/p>\n
Mikalatos told CBN News \u201cHudson & Maria\u201d will show the Taylors\u2019 radical faith, sacrifice, and passion for sharing the Gospel, something he said will speak powerfully into today\u2019s chaos-filled world. He explained how the couple defied convention in 1800s China and helped spark missions to the nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany people call [Hudson] the father of modern missions \u2014 Protestant missions in particular \u2014 because he was one of the first guys to say, \u2018Why are we going places like China and expecting them to convert to our culture before they convert to Christ?’\u201d Mikalatos said. \u201cSo he went deep in becoming like the Chinese people. He wore Chinese clothes, he became fluent, and tried to share Christ in China as a Chinese person, which has become more the norm for evangelical and Protestant missions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHudson & Maria\u201d will explore the incredible partnership between Hudson and Maria Taylor, whose passion for ministry and willingness to sacrifice changed countless lives. Mikalatos \u2014 himself a former missionary \u2014 said the story resonates deeply in today\u2019s world of fear, unrest, and uncertainty.<\/p>\n
Listen to the latest\u00a0episode\u00a0of \u201cQuick Start\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThere was a lot of unrest, uncertainty in the world,\u201d he said of the film\u2019s setting. \u201cDisease was running rampant in a way that we have recently experienced. And there was just uncertainty among so many people.\u201d<\/p>\n Mikalatos continued, \u201cIn the midst of that, what we see is this 21-year-old\u2026and his fianc\u00e9e and then wife who looked at the unrest of the world \u2026 [and] they \u2026 believe[d], like many young believers do, that they could change the world through their commitment to Christ and their willingness to sacrifice. And it turns out they were absolutely correct.\u201d<\/p>\n Mikalatos also shared his own unlikely path from missionary work to Hollywood, calling his entry into filmmaking \u201csupernatural.\u201d<\/p>\n The director revealed this was actually the very first paid script he ever wrote \u2014 and now he\u2019s preparing to direct the film adaptation as production ramps up this summer. Fans can learn more and follow updates on the project at\u00a0HudsonAndMaria.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new movie is set to tell the powerful story of Christian missionaries who boldly and valiantly carried the Gospel message into China. Director Matt Mikalatos recently told CBN News about the transformational, real-life story behind his upcoming movie \u201cHudson & Maria,\u201d a remarkable story about legendary missionaries Hudson and Maria Taylor, a husband and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2212,2814,72,4574,9376,1097,1060],"class_list":{"0":"post-28373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jesus","8":"tag-bold","9":"tag-china","10":"tag-christian","11":"tag-evangelize","12":"tag-heroic","13":"tag-missionaries","14":"tag-move"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}