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3	''Do You Believe?'' is a Christian drama released in 2015 produced by Creator/PureFlixEntertainment.
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5	The ''Film/{{Crash}}'' of Christian films, ''Do You Believe?'' is a HyperlinkStory about a group of unrelated or somehow related people:
6	* Matthew (Creator/TedMcGinley), a pastor who questions his faith after an encounter with a street preacher (Creator/DelroyLindo)
7	* Dr. Farell (Creator/SeanAstin), a self-centered ER doctor
8	* J.D. and Teri (Creator/LeeMajors and Creator/CybillShepherd), an old couple who lost their only child years ago
9	* Samantha (Creator/MiraSorvino), a homeless woman trying to care for her young daughter
10	* Maggie, a poor, late-stage pregnant woman who gets to stay with Matthew and his wife, Grace
11	* Bobby (Liam Matthews), an EMT who proselytizes a dying accident victim and is married to Dr. Farell's nurse, Elena (Valerie Dominguez)
12	* Carlos, a traumatized war veteran and Elena's brother
13	* Lacey ([[Creator/AlexaVega Alexa [=PenaVega=]]]), a suicidal, troubled girl who meets Carlos
14	* Joe (Brian Bosworth), a [[spoiler:cancer-sick]] religious ex-con
15	* Pretty Boy and Kriminal (Schwayze and Senyo Amoaku), two black gang members who also meet the street preacher
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17	Struggling with their individual problems and crises of faith, the characters eventually join together in a a moment that will change their lives forever.
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19	!!Tropes
20	* AmoralAttorney: Andrea, who mostly seems motivated by a hatred of religion.
21	* TheAtoner: Joe, who apparently converted out of remorse for his criminal life.
22	* AuthorTract
23	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Matthew and Grace adopt Maggie's baby after Maggie dies in the crash]].
24	* CarMeetsHouse: As part of a robbery of a rival gang, Kriminal and Pretty Boy's gang drive a stolen white van through the wall of their house.
25	* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler:Maggie dies giving birth in the car]].
26	* DrJerk: Dr. Farell begins the story as a very self-centered doctor.
27	* FourLinesAllWaiting: The film has about ''a dozen'' central characters spread across five or six plotlines.
28	* HeelFaithTurn:
29	** Pretty Boy accepts God after the robbery of Nefarious' gang and getting away from the police.
30	** [[spoiler:Andrea apparently converts after being saved by Bobby in the car crash]].
31	* HollywoodAtheist: Dr. Farell and his wife, Andrea. He is a {{jerkass}} doctor with little concern for human life and is hostile towards religious people, she is a lawyer with a strong dislike for religion.
32	* IJustWantToBeLoved: Lacey's reason for wanting to kill herself is that her father doesn't love her.
33	* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler:Joe has leukemia and is shown [[BloodFromTheMouth coughing blood]]]].
34	* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Nefarious gets punched repeatedly by Kriminal after he shoots Pretty Boy, then gets slammed by a car trying to finish the job, killing him. This is what causes the car crash at the end.]]
35	* MagicalNegro: Malachi, the street preacher. At the start of the film, he questions Matthew's faith, prompting him to go introspective, and gets Pretty Boy thinking about changing his ways.
36	* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Most of the characters have some link to someone from at least one other story line. The hospital ties many characters together from the start, with many either working there or being patients there.
37	* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Bobby proselytizing to the dying man. The film portrays it as just, but a lot of non-religious people probably would ''not'' appreciate being preached to in such a situation (nor would Christians or other believers, if the preacher was from another religion).
38	* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Bobby stands up for his decision to proselytize a dying man even when faced with losing his job.
39	* ShellShockedVeteran: Carlos is a traumatized war veteran.
40	* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Pretty Boy takes the bullet for Kriminal when Nefarious shoots at him]].
41	* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: {{Defied}}. Joe lets Samantha and her daughter stay at his apartment for the night, but since he only has one bed, he goes to sleep at a bench outside.
42	* ThouShaltNotKill: After his meeting with Malachi, Pretty Boy is unable to kill Nefarious when he has a clear shot of him.
43	* TokenGoodTeammate: Pretty Boy is more reluctant than the rest of his gang and the first one to consider changing his ways.
44	* XtremeKoolLetterz: One of the gang members is named "Kriminal", spelled with a K.

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