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How playing Jesus led a former actor to a life of ministry in eastern Idaho
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IDAHO FALLS – Being cast as Jesus in a play was the role that changed James Runcorn’s life forever.
The 48-year-old California man, who now serves as the community discipleship pastor at Watersprings Church in Idaho Falls, had been kicked out of the church he’d attended in his youth. His mom had died during his formative years and his dad was on the verge of a nervous breakdown, which caused him to act out in unhealthy ways.
Runcorn decided to leave the school he’d been attending and set off on his own. He found a home at the Roosevelt School of the Arts in Fresno.
“Having been rejected from my church, I found this artistic community that was very accepting,” Runcorn tells EastIdahoNews.com. “I found this whole new world of performance where I could vent all these emotions I didn’t know how to deal with.”
WATCH OUR INTERVIEW WITH RUNCORN IN THE VIDEO ABOVE.
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