Hallelujah (1993)

Christmas at the Messiah Church in Washington DC A young preacher and later in the day a mysterious pregnant girl arrive at the church doors looking to begin new lives The preacher the Reverend Oliver Crawford is not the judgmental church committees first choice to be the Messiahs new pastor an unwed father of a teenage son he is given only two days to prove his worth to his new parishioners Meanwhile Katherine a sixteenyearold girl who is about to give birth has come to the area to escape an abusive home and to search for a grandfather she doesnt know With the help of local homeless advocate Big Willie Thorton Crawford attempts to revive the spirit of the church and provide solace to the displaced girl