Searching for Heaven
A Journey Beyond the Seen
Our newest documentary, Searching for Heaven, has achieved significant national exposure through the broadcast of Searching for Heaven on ABC’s Interfaith Broadcasting Commission network. This special demonstrates the growing reach and relevance of Life Focus programming in exploring faith, philosophy, and humanity’s search for meaning.
We are excited that we reached our strongest national distribution to date and sets a precedent for future projects. Searching for Heaven was distributed to 76% of U.S. markets, including major cities, immediately upon release.
What Viewers Told Us
“I’ve never seen anything like this before.” – Evelyn, Sarasota, FL
“Beautiful balance of Scripture and honest questions.” – Todd, Florida
“Refreshing, clean, hopeful.” – Meg, Calhan, CO
“Thoughtful, engaging, and not preachy.” – Anita, New York, NY
“I had to stop what I was doing and just watch.” – Linda, Michigan
“It helped our interfaith family talk about Heaven.” – Aloma & Bill, Las Vegas, NV
This production was made possible by a generous grant from the James and Marie McCurdy Family Charitable Trust, given in loving memory of Joshua McCurdy (1997–2020) — a beautiful legacy of faith that continues to touch lives with the hope of Heaven, and in partnership with Fuller Seminary.
Expand the Reach
With a donation of $40 or more, you can receive a DVD or digital link to Searching for Heaven along with a Bible Study Discussion Guide — a perfect way to spark meaningful conversations about faith, eternity, and the promise of new life.
Our small-group DVD bible study and DVD or on-line link are designed to help groups engage Scripture, ask honest questions, and explore eternity together.
Answers to Your Biggest Heaven Questions
Will there be animals in Heaven?
What happens to Christians when they die?
What age will we be in Heaven?
Go Deeper: What We Couldn’t Fit on Screen
Uncover Answers to Mysteries Like
What does the other side look like?
What are Near-Death Experiences?
What happened to these survivors after they returned to life?
Meet The Voices Behind The Documentary
Hanibal Rodriguez
Senior Pastor, Wheaton Bible Church
Rodriguez presents the Protestant view of Heaven—not only as a place where believers dwell with God forever, but as a renewed, perfect world, free from suffering and pain.
“The Bible makes it clear that if a believer dies, we go straight into the presence of God.”
Randy Alcorn
Christian Theologian & Best-Selling Author
New York Times best-selling author of Heaven, Randy Alcorn draws from decades of biblical study to paint a vivid and hope-filled picture of the eternal home promised in Scripture.
“It is only the beginning of the real story, the one that goes on forever in which every chapter is better than the one before.”
Priest Subala Dasa
Hindu Scholar
A Hare Krishna teacher offers a vivid vision of the soul’s journey after death. Drawing from the Bhagavad Gita, Subala describes the Hindu version of Heaven as a realm of eternal bliss.
“The soul doesn’t die when this body dies, the soul is eternal, no birth, no death. It doesn’t appear at one point. Not in the past, not in the present, not in the future. It’s eternal.”
Rabbi Adir Glick
Jewish Teacher & Humanitarian
Rabbi Glick draws from Jewish tradition to show how the hope of life beyond this world inspires us to create heaven here on earth.
“The more we study about the afterlife, we open ourselves up to be a light to other people.”
Father John Kartje
Catholic Priest, Rector of Mundelein Seminary
Father John bridges faith and service, offering the Catholic perspective on life beyond this world, the reality of the afterlife, and how, even now, we can play a part in helping those who have gone before us.
“You enter heaven ultimately when your heart is as receptive as possible to the love that God is giving.”
Dr. Bruce Greyson
Psychiatrist & Research Pioneer
Greyson spent over four decades exploring what happens when people come close to death. This medical pioneer shares compelling insights into what near-death experiences may tell us about the reality of life beyond.
“I think something is there for us after we die. And from what people tell me, it’s not something to be afraid of.”
Karina Martinez
Near-Death Experience Survivor
After severe heart failure, Karina died in her home—and came back to life. This mother of four shares how her near-death experience radically transformed her faith and erased her fear of what lies beyond.
“I can say that there really is a God. He is real.”
Dr. Eben Alexander
Neurosurgeon Turned Believer
After a coma caused by meningitis, Dr. Alexander experienced a realm “more real than earthly life.” His journey from skeptic to believer reshaped his understanding of consciousness and eternity.
“I came to realize that all that I’d come to believe of a career studying conventional scientific materialism about the brain creating consciousness was completely false.”