A new television series that puts the focus on faith, family, and prayer is now available on Amazon Prime streaming platform.
“The Baxters,” is a show based on based on Christian novelist Karen Kingsbury’s best-selling book series called Redemption and it focuses on a family maneuvering the highs and lows of life with prayer.
Actress Roma Downey has a starring role in the series and serves as a producer.
She told CBN News why she wanted to do this project.
“Well, I was first introduced to the Karen Kingsbury bestselling books series. I couldn’t put it down. So, I am reading ‘The Baxters’ and I’m thinking this could be like ‘Touched by an Angel’ because while it is not dealing with angels; it is dealing with a family of faith and a family who have many challenges, but things in life that bring them to their knees,” she explained.
“This family, unlike other families, when they are brought to their knees they pray. I reached out to Karen Kingsbury. I said, ‘Karen would you ever consider allowing me the rights to auction your book to bring it to TV?’ She said you don’t know this is an answer to a prayer,” Downey
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