Euliss 'Sonny' Dewey-The Apostle E.F.

Robert Duvall

Jessie Dewey

Farrah Fawcett

Toosie

Miranda Richardson

Brother C. Charles Blackwell

John Beasley

Horace

Todd Allen

Sam

Walton Goggins

Mrs. 'Momma' Dewey Dr.

June Carter Cash

Troublemaker

Billy Bob Thornton

Joe

Billy Joe Shaver

Elmo

Rick Dial

Mother Blackwell

Mary Lynette Braxton

Bayou Man

William Atlas Cole

Sister Johnson

Zelma Loyd

Young Man in Car

Kevin Rankin

Sister Jewell

Jewell Jernigan

Latin Translator

Renée Victor

Child Accordionist

Hunter Hayes

Man Saying Amen

Terence Rosemore

Texas State Trooper

Stuart Greer

Flashback Preacher

Daniel Hickman

Virgil

Emery Hopkins

Jessie Jr.

Christina Stojanovich

Bobbie

Nicholas Stojanovich

Louisiana State Trooper

Douglas Perry

Sonny (12 years old)

Jay Robicheaux

Sister Delilah

Joyce Jolivet Starks

Needy Receiver #2

Jan Fawcett

Texas Choir Member

Erica Lynn Duncan

Female Sonny Supporter

Lenore Banks

Helper

Brett Brock

Liquor Store Preacher

Wayne Dehart

Young Priest (as James Ivey Gleason)

Jim Gleason

Soloist #1 (as Joseph Lindsey)

Joseph Granda

Church Woman

Sharon K. London

Bodyguard

L. Christian Mixon

Church Man #2

Richard Nance

Needy Receiver

Ronnie Stutes

Church Man #1

Graham Timbes

Brother Edwards (uncredited)

James Gammon