The Promise Claimers

Rosie Parker and her husband live and work on her uncle’s farm, but Rosie wants more from life. When word of Reverend Elijah P. Dunlap’s prosperity ministry reaches her rural Missouri church, Rosie and the other young adults eagerly become followers. Reverend Dunlap preaches that if you have faith, God will give you whatever you request, whether that’s a Rolls-Royce or, in Rosie’s case, to fit into a size six dress. The Promise Claimers, the name the group adopts, ask God for a variety of things, including a red Cadillac, new furniture, and healing from epilepsy.

While the Promise Claimers meet each Thursday night, the minister and other church members watch with disapproval. Rosie’s husband, Gilbert, is also opposed to her involvement with the group. On the nights Rosie attends the meetings, he takes care of their children, drinks beer, admires his rattlesnake collection, and becomes increasingly troubled by strange occurrences in the back room where the snakes are displayed.

When the things the Promises Claimers have requested are not forthcoming, the group decides to boldly step out in faith and claim God’s promises, a decision that changes their lives forever.

With humor and a keen observation of human nature, THE PROMISE CLAIMERS reminds us that we may already possess the things we desire most in life.