<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $5.7 million </Td> </Tr> <P> God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness is a 2018 American Christian drama film written and directed by Michael Mason . It is the third installment of the God's Not Dead series, following the 2014 film and its 2016 sequel . It stars David A.R. White, John Corbett, Shane Harper, Benjamin Onyango, Ted McGinley, Jennifer Taylor, Tatum O'Neal, Shwayze and Cissy Houston . </P> <P> Principal photography was completed in Little Rock, Arkansas in December 2017 . It was released in the United States on March 30, 2018 . Unlike the first two films, A Light in Darkness was a box office bomb, making less in its entire theatrical run ($5.7 million) than the others grossed in their respective opening weekends ($9.7 million and $7.6 million). </P> <P> After a bunch of protests by college students against the church of St. James, the college starts the process of shutting down the church much to the dismay of Reverend Dave and his partner Jude . When informed of the decision to shut down the church and to replace it with a building to expand the school, Dave and Jude begin the process of suing the college to save St. James . Things get worse when college student Adam Richertson, a struggling Christian, in protest, tosses a brick into the church, igniting a fire that fatally wounds Jude . Reverend Dave is forced to come to grips with the loss of his dear friend . Adam is horrified by his actions and contemplates whether to confess to the crime, leading him to rediscover his faith in God . </P>

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