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Naked as Created: The Pastor Jim Story

By Alan Ng | October 2025

Producer/writer Tim Chizmar’s Naked as Created: The Pastor Jim Story dives into one of the most unexpected combinations imaginable—faith-based cinema and Christian…

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Producer/writer Tim Chizmar’s Naked as Created: The Pastor Jim Story dives into one of the most unexpected combinations imaginable—faith-based cinema...

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