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Posted by: David Bunch

Here's what one Apostolic church in Salisbury, North Carolina did to reach the troubled teens of their community.

Cornerstone Church has bought out the 5:25 p.m. Sunday showing of "Pride" at the Cinemark Tinseltown USA Cinema and will buy seats at the 2:50 p.m. showing if more young people want to go, the Rev. Bill Godair, Cornerstone's pastor, said Thursday.

"What we're trying to do is bring in as many kids as possible, especially minority kids," said Godair, whose church is known for multiracial makeup. "If this movie could touch one person's life, I really feel like it could be great for our city."

As a preacher, Godair said he wouldn't normally champion a Hollywood movie, but he saw "Pride" recently and called it "a very inspirational movie."

"Pride" is the story of a black swim coach who uses swimming as a means to inspire inner city kids and wins a national title in the process.