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While many missionaries travel to remote villages in Africa or South America to spread Christianity, Covell believes her calling—her mission field, if you will—is right here in Los Angeles, in an industry that many of her fellow Christians find immoral or even downright sinful, both for its onscreen depictions of sex and drugs and the real-life sex, drugs, and other temptations that exist behind-the-scenes.Covell, who was a film producer in the early 1980s, says "the church did not get how I could justify being a Christian in Hollywood, and Hollywood did not get how I would follow God. It was a divide." It was nearly impossible to meet other Christians working in the industry, let alone ones who would express their faith openly. "I said, 'The church hates Hollywood, Hollywood hates the church. There's got to be some way to bridge that divide.'""The church hates Hollywood, Hollywood hates the church. There's got to be some way to bridge that divide." — Karen Covell
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