AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Stephen Baldwin chose faith over fame — and says he'd do it again at 60
Actor Stephen Baldwin told People magazine he walked away from mainstream Hollywood more than two decades ago after a spiritual awakening, trading box-office ambitions for church ministry and Christian filmmaking. Baldwin, 60, the youngest of the four Baldwin acting brothers, laid out the full arc of his conversion in an interview published by the Daily […] The post Stephen Baldwin chose faith over fame — and says he'd do it again at 60 appeared first on American Almanac .
Actor Stephen Baldwin told People magazine he walked away from mainstream Hollywood more than two decades ago after a spiritual awakening, trading box-office ambitions for church ministry and Christian filmmaking. Baldwin, 60, the youngest of the four Baldwin acting brothers, laid out the full arc of his conversion in an interview published by the Daily Mail on Sunday. He got sober in 1989, married his Brazilian wife Kennya in 1990, and by 2001 had become a born-again Christian. Every career decision since, he said, has followed from that turn. In a culture that treats religious conviction as either a punchline or a marketing gimmick, Baldwin's account stands out for its plainness. He is not launching a comeback. He is not apologizing.…Open