Faith Happens

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{{Infobox film

| name = Faith Happens

| image = Faith Happens.jpg

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| director = Rick Garside

| producer = Michael Baumgarten
Jennifer Dornbush
Rick Garside
Robert Huberman
Steven Mark

| writer = Rick Garside

| starring =

| music = David Siebels

| cinematography = Bengt Jonsson

| editing =

| studio = Side By Side Films

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|2009}}

| runtime =

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $1,000,000

| gross =

}}

Faith Happens is a 2009 Christian film directed by Rick Garside.{{cite web|url=http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=339412 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615154635/http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=339412 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |title=What's on the big screen |date=August 22, 2009 |work=Daily Dispatch |access-date=December 2, 2009 }} Garside, who has created many successful films over the last 20+ years, collaborated with singer Pat Boone to make the film after noticing a growing debate regarding the need for churches to have a film featuring what it is like to be part of a church community.{{cite web|url=http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global[_id]=26347 |title=The church at its best |date=August 10, 2009 |work=The Witness |access-date=December 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026115000/http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global%5B_id%5D=88529 |archive-date=October 26, 2014 }} Many of Faith Happens' scenes were shot in the Los Angeles area, but they also filmed in a Kenyan refugee camp, town and National Park.{{cite web |url=http://www.screenafrica.com/news/africa/233125.htm |title=Kenyan actor in Hollywood film |date=August 14, 2009 |work=Screen Africa |accessdate=December 2, 2009}}