How a group of refugees saved a church on the brink of collapsing

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Through the arduous journey, says Win, God was close by.

"We are the people of God — even if we are lost, away from our home, even if we are isolated, we are still close to God," he said. "God never left our people."

When Win and about 70 Karen refugees ended up in Smyrna, Tennessee, a small Bible Belt city about a half-hour from Nashville, they found God waiting for them — at a tiny Episcopal church that was on the brink of shutting down. Together, the refugees and a handful of older congregants brought the church back to life.

It's a story told in "All Saints," a new faith-based feature film from the Sony-owned AFFIRM Films that opens in theaters this month. The film debuts at a time when many U.S. Christians, fearful about the future, have become skeptical about refugees and have supported the Trump administration's temporary shutdown of the nation's refugee resettlement program.

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