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It may have taken four years, but Salli Richardson-Whitfield believes her new inspirational television movie, "Pastor Brown," is worth the wait.

The actress couldn't contain her excitement when sharing news of the Lifetime movie's airing with EUR's Lee Bailey. According to Richardson-Whitfield, the project's delay stemmed from "some issues with one of the producers." Despite the setback, the entertainer is "very happy" with "Pastor Brown" finally seeing the light of day.

"I put a lot of my heart in to this film and I'm happy that a lot of people are gonna finally get to see it," she said.

Originally slated for a 2009 release, "Pastor Brown" centers on Jessica "Jesse" Brown (Richardson-Whitfield), a wayward preacher's daughter who returns home to take over as pastor of the family church after her father's (Keith David) death and is forced to face her sordid past and mend fences with her son (Michael B. Jordan) and sister (Nicole Ari Parker).

Others featured in the Rockmond Dunbar-directed vehicle include Tisha Campbell-Martin, Amir Rahim, Ernie Hudson, Tasha Smith, Michael Beach and Dunbar himself.

Although she plays one person, Richardson-Whitfield's role embodies two different mind states by playing a woman who transformed from a stripper to a church pastor. Dual personalities aside, Richardson-Whitfield had no trouble getting into character in light of her growing up in a Baptist church.

"This was not a foreign subject for me as far as once we got into the church stuff. I know what that is," she stated. "I know what it's like to watch all those preachers preaching and what sort of that rhythm is, especially in the Black church like that. I know about the women who are the "church women" who are supposed to be living by the Bible and being very Christian but sometimes aren't necessarily like that. And then you also have the good people."

As for getting into stripper mode, luck was on Richardson-Whitfield's side as "Pastor Brown" came along as the acting veteran just began taking Sheila Kelly's S Factor pole dancing classes.

"I had literally been taking them for a few months. So I was like 'great' and we were about to do this," Richardson-Whitfield recalled. "I found actually a stripper to work with me even harder. And so I was prepared for that too. So it just kind of came at a perfect time for me."