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Southern alum takes helm at new Seventh-day Adventist film studio
Kevin Christenson, a Southern Adventist University alumnus, is now head of Hope Studios, a recently established cinematic department under Hope Channel International (HCI). He and his team are currently working on a film documenting the start of the Seventh-day Adventist Church titled “The Hopeful.” In a phone interview with the
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Southern alum takes helm at new Seventh-day Adventist film studio
Kevin Christenson, a Southern Adventist University alumnus, is now head of Hope Studios, a recently established cinematic department under Hope Channel International (HCI). He and
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