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  1. Papa Was a Preacher (1986) - YouTube. Stockwell Archives. 96 subscribers. Subscribed. 114. 7.1K views 6 years ago. Originally premiered April 11, 1986 Edwin Porter, a Methodist minister, is...

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  2. Sep 19, 1986 · Papa Was a Preacher: Directed by Steve Feke. With Robert Pine, Georgia Engel, Dean Stockwell, Imogene Coca. A minister, his wife and their large family are moved from Dallas to a needy rural church in 1950s Texas.

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  3. Overview. Edwin Porter, a Methodist minister, is sent to a little church in the small town of Sterling, Texas, to try to save it from financial insolvency. The move is sudden and is complicated by the fact that Porter’s wife and eight children are all very comfortable in the large, successful church they have been serving in Dallas. Steve Feke.

  4. Papa Was a Preacher. A minister (Robert Pine), his wife (Georgia Engel) and their large family are moved from Dallas to a needy rural church in 1950s Texas.

    • Steve Feke
    • Drama
    • Robert Pine, Georgia Engel, Dean Stockwell
  5. Drama based on Alyene Porter's novel about family life in a small Texas town during the 1950s.

  6. Synopsis. For the minister's family, growing up has tribulations that most children escape. They can't roller skate in public because some of the parishioners object. The boys cannot protect their cotton patch from a gang of "toughs" because their father opposes fighting.

  7. Papa Was a Preacher. 1985. Directed by Steve Feke. Edwin Porter, a Methodist minister, is sent to a little church in the small town of Sterling, Texas, to try to save it from financial insolvency.