I miss the anthems, hymns and congregational singing. I guess Catholicism would have prevented his rise through the political ranks!! Don't make an unnecessary mess of your life. Why does the Bible say so? Thanks for that interesting post, I had no idea that Roe had changed her mind on abortion let alone that she had converted to the Faith. He became my confessor, spiritual director and good friend for many years. Protestant pastors, evangelists, youth leaders, and lay ministers are acutely aware that conversion experiences in Protestant settings often lead to a Protestant faith and church membership. I think your “reversion” stories definitely fit into the category of “conversion” – it’s a fascinating story. (From a Protestant),” “PROTESTANT VISITS LATIN MASS! And they don’t go along with anything new!” “Ok then!”. “The New Mass is good, you can’t have a problem. Dr. Hahn, a evangelical pastor, was radically converted to Catholicism and soon after his “conversion story,” recorded onto cassette tapes, started being passed around. Support For Pastors If you are a pastor or minister in a Protestant or other non-Catholic tradition, The Coming Home Network exists to support you in the unique struggles and hurdles you may be facing as you consider becoming Catholic. Here’s another example of how these robed and mitred infiltrators are attempting to destroy holy mother Church from within. I’m delighted that Catholic Truth was able to help you find the SSPX and the Traditional Latin Mass – that’s wonderful. Just shows how devious the left is in keeping those nuggets quiet. (I have a friend who told me he loved the physical and psychological preparation he went through to go to Viet Nam. The Blessed Virgin had plans for me. I despise misunderstandings and hate disappointing people, and that’s precisely what happened following my decision to become Catholic, and to a degree I could never have foreseen. It can’t surely be just a “respectable” excuse for throwing a party – what on earth is in their minds to do that? ( Log Out /  Gavriel Sanders – former Pentecostal minister and missionary who tried to convert Jews to Christianity, converted to Orthodox Judaism. Two years after my reversion, I had another one: I discovered the TLM and started to read about the Vatican II revolution, about which I knew nothing. Why do so many Catholic leaders fail to see this? Journeys Home 1 & 2, available now from The Coming Home Network, contain the stories of men and women who, having surrendered their lives to Jesus Christ, heard a call to follow Him more deeply into full communion with His Catholic Church.Contributors include Marcus Grodi, Fr. I had been attending the Protestant sect in which I had grown up, but the dark cloud of cultural Marxism had descended on this sect to the point of revulsion (e.g. When you are converting from Protestant to Catholic, there are a lot of changes, some of them really huge. When I look back over the decades of my life, I’m astonished that there was never a time I had the slightest interest in life apart from the church. In the event, I was relieved and thankful. Like so many others who have trodden the path that leads to Rome by way of that country known as Protestantism, I never imagined I would one day convert to Catholicism.” – Marcus Grodi, former Presbyterian Pastor, President of the CHNetwork. When you are converting from Protestant to Catholic, there are a lot of changes, some of them really huge. Apologetics. . I believe that is good because those people have finally found Jesus because they people were IGNORANT Catholics did not know anything of Catholicism so they were not real Catholics, never practised anything and were away from God. I went through the same preparation in 1969 and felt I had descended into hades.) ( Log Out /  We address these issues and the erroneous thinking which led to his conversion to Catholicism. March 2, 2017. Eventually, she started going to church, and began to reject her past involvement with the pro-abortion movement. How Our Lady truly led my all the way from paganism and a life of sin upon sin, to the dignity to form young Catholics and be a member of this great Society of St Pius X. There is nothing Catholic about it. This is awesome! Entire Pentecostal Congregation In Arizona Including Pastor & Wife Converts To Catholicism. Great is your reward!” I must say she put both a new, but ancient, light on my predicament. Does anyone know? consuela May 29, 2004, 11:55pm #1. I moved in. In 1998, she became a Catholic convert and has worked to overturn Roe v. Wade. Can a Protestant Pastor convert to Catholicism and continue Pastoring his Church? Scott Hahn is a well-publicized Presbyterian convert to Catholicism..."out of the frying pan and into the fire." If you are not a “traditional” Catholic, or if you are a non-Catholic, you are welcome to participate in our discussions as long as your purpose is to grow in / learn about our Catholic Faith. When word got out last year that she was about to enter the Catholic Church, a woman whom she'd "brought to Christ," as they both would put it, wrote to say she had asked God to take her own life if only He would bring Moss back to the truth. He studied Protestant theology and became pastor of an Assemblies of God community. Shows their evil intent and the extent of their power to silence truth. As a Protestant, I always thought my faith and worship was more akin to the early church than Catholicism. I Googled to see if I could find a famous saint convert because I love reading conversion stories and have read lots of saints before, but not for a while. In the 1980’s, she became involved in the abortion movement. Converting from Protestant to Catholic: 7 Things That Stayed the Same. Journeys Home 1 & 2, available now from The Coming Home Network, contain the stories of men and women who, having surrendered their lives to Jesus Christ, heard a call to follow Him more deeply into full communion with His Catholic Church.Contributors include Marcus Grodi, Fr. Why are they so nonchalant about a process that has pulled hundreds of thousands of Catholics out of the Church? I dropped out of a Protestant seminary, enrolled in RCIA, and delved deep into the Catechism, Catholic theology, and Catholic literature. He also discusses how Our Lady led him to love faith. We went, and I couldn’t believe what I saw. Dwight Longenecker, Steve Ray, Dr. Peter Kreeft, David Anders, and many more. The Novus Ordo has become as repulsive to me as inclusive language. (2) It is the fullness of the Christian Faith. We became rebels … and so I started to look into the reason why some Catholics didn’t accept V2 and the New Mass. Converting to Catholicism: No Easy Task for a Protestant Pastor – Here’s Why… September 13, 2020 By editor in bible, devotions, saints, The Catholic Church, Uncategorized Tags: bible, catechism, conversion to catholicism, former protestant pastor, keith nester, mass, obstacles to faith 17 Comments. Next time you post a comment, your avatar will appear. He then dumps his wife for a new woman, has a child with her and subsequently turns up at a Catholic church to have it baptised. Support For Pastors If you are a pastor or minister in a Protestant or other non-Catholic tradition, The Coming Home Network exists to support you in the unique struggles and hurdles you may be facing as you consider becoming Catholic. We had casually arranged to meet sometime, and I’d more or less forgotten about it, but just like the good shepherd that he was, he turned up on my doorstep one evening (having come some considerable way) with a catechetical book by St Thomas Aquinas that he thought would be helpful. especially if he begins teaching Catholic doctrine. In 1970, Norma McCorvey, under the pseudonym “Jane Roe,” filed a law suit challenging the Texas laws that criminalized abortion. Even in my twenties when I lived in Washington and Paris and Cairo I sought a Protestant church every Sunday to attend, not out of duty, but because I wanted to be there. That particular grace came to me by the Spirit’s using my love for reading and history and travel and architecture and music to draw me into the Church founded by Christ. . Christina on April 10, 2019 at 7:05 pm said: I’m 33 min in but I’m in tears and had to share my appreciation that you’ve shared this. So naturally, I became an atheist. can now be found in his new book: "Are Catholics Christian: A Guide to Evangelical Questions about the Catholic Church." After so much doubt about it, I was being heard! Are you a convert or considering joining the Catholic Church? He once gave a speech about this experience, discussing some of the doctrinal issues with which he grappled at the time. Dr. Norman McCrummen September 12, 2017 5 Comments. I was totally amazed as I read these writings from the first few centuries that, as it turns out, the early church looks a lot like Catholicism! But there’s a cart-before-the-horse issue here. As you say, there’s no way that child will be raised a Catholic but what I just cannot and never will understand is this; why does ANY lapsed Catholic want to have their children baptised? I could have lapsed but around this time I found out about FSSPX via Catholic Truth. On of The Catholic Talk Show, Ryan Scheel, Fr. PROTESTANT PASTORS ON THE ROAD TO ROME. I of course, as a pagan lived a life of terrible vice. Really now you Protestant apologists must raise your game a bit that is why you're losing so many of your best educated, intelligent and honest pastors, preachers and clergy to Catholicism, they've taken the leap of faith by accepting God's fullness in the Catholic Church sometimes at the expence of careers and family relationships. The simplest way I can explain it is that I was beckoned by the Father; taken in hand by Jesus; and given courage by the Holy Spirit. Unfortunately I’ve had to return a couple of times for family funerals, but could barely restrain the urge to jump up on my pew and start shouting about the Trojan Horse. At the request of several groups, I’ve spoken on the subject of what some people call my conversion. She is described as a pregnant woman who “wished to terminate her pregnancy by an abortion ‘performed by a competent, licensed physician, under safe, clinical conditions’; that she was unable to get a ‘legal’ abortion in Texas. After so much prayer, my wife and I decided to stay with the True Mass in the diocese. Life just gets more puzzling by the nano-second. I blame the apostate clergy, though, who accommodate these pretend Christians more than the pretend Christians themselves. No natural law, no moral law, no eternal law – just because. What grace I have been given to be here! Thank you thank you thank you… And God bless you and your family and those who helped you share this story. For the first time, sanctifying Grace! For the introduction to the series, click here. Editor’s note: This two-part series explores why some evangelicals have chosen to convert to other branches of Christianity, namely Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism. Just stay where you are. Eventually, the case reached the U.S. Supreme Court as the now-famous Roe v. Wade. She said she would explain more in an upcoming video, which she released a few days later. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. for 4 years, until one Sunday Mass, when the Novus Ordo priest praised Bill Gates during his homily. He sorted out problems regarding my reception of the sacraments (i.e. Oh! CONVERSION by Protestant Pastors converted to Catholicism (Cebuano At the age of 20, I began going with my now wife. I found a really interesting webpage with the stories of other people as well as saints, and this one really jumped out because I’ve heard a lot about the American Roe Vs Wade abortion law. Well, here’s a surprise… Boris Johnson has had his baby son baptised a Catholic. (From a Protestant),” “PROTESTANT VISITS LATIN MASS! When I was in the fifth grade the members of my class were asked to write a short story on any subject of our choosing. “Let’s make a sacrifice and drive one hour each way to Mass with the SSPX!” “Aren’t they schismatic? This is yet another important step for a Protestant in their conversion to the Catholic Church. I reached a major low in my life – and I picked up the Rosary. Rich Pagano, Ryan DellaCrosse, discuss tips for converting to Catholicism, from a former Protestant pastor.. Former Protestant Pastor Keith Nester explains how he converted to the Catholic church. I joined the NO. Each time I am struck at the utter emptiness of these places, including an Episcopal church, allegedly the Protestant sect closest to the Faith. For a while, I attended both the TLM and the NO, but the more I attended the TLM, the more I found I couldn’t cope with the NO and I eventually went exclusively TLM around 2000. Given that I came to maturity in the 1960s it may seem a little strange that I was never disinterested in the stories of the Bible or in the church and its music, all three of which for me were bred in the bone. Its casual irreverence is deeply offensive and a grievous insult to God. I understand that I'm a Christian either way and the basic faith is the same. . This is yet another important step for a Protestant in their conversion to the Catholic Church. Archbishop Lefebvre explained the crisis and everything made sense thereafter. Well! She did hold that she was to remain Catholic and that our children would be raised Catholic, which I figured I would change her mind on. The priest who baptised his child should not have baptised him. Watch Full Story Besides, most of the Catholics we approached, lay or clergy, did not know how to help us. Even so, it’s beyond comprehension why he would want his son baptised (maybe his live-in girlfriend is a pseudo-Catholic as well, who knows.). What about you – any interesting conversion stories, whether your own, perhaps a favourite saint-convert,  or the conversion  of someone you know, family or friend? We went. (Courtesy of Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix / Patrick Cullen) The phrase “Swimming the Tiber” has been used to describe Protestants coming into the Catholic Church. This is a Catholic blog. We were both conditionally Confirmed. .” (Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), 120). I found every story really edifying. Simple! Because God said so. I couldn’t believe what I had found. That is very interesting indeed. After being received into the church, I remember praying with my father in a little room behind the sanctuary that everyone I knew would have what I was experiencing. Jesus said to be exceedingly glad when people revile you and say all manner of evil things against you falsely for His sake! I am Catholic because I believe in the Real Presence of Jesus in … We're gonna be talking about advice and tips from a product that pastor on converting to Catholicism. PROTESTANT PASTORS ON THE ROAD TO ROME. He taught at a Protestant seminary for a period, and started traveling to preach. Keith Nester, the above speaker, made me wonder just how many people turn away from the Church due to the obstacles identified in the video. By FrancisMary ... remembers how, after Mangels mentioned there were 40,000 Protestant denominations, ... so they have that experience of conversion and giving their lives to Christ. If, once released to participate in our discussions, it becomes evident that you are not a serious participant, you will be blocked without warning. Most married pastors who convert face serious challenges afterwards. As a Protestant convert to Catholicism whose journey culminates a week from today, at the Easter Vigil, I have some experience, oddly enough, in how to become a Catholic. Finally! In 1995, a pro-life group moved into the same building as the abortion clinic, leading to a series of encounters between Norma and pro-life activists. The homily that Sunday: the New Mass. I knew Jesus deserved the whole of my life and I was fearful of disappointing Him. That is very interesting indeed. She gave her baby up for adoption. Shortly after I was “received”, I began to wear the Brown Scapular. I was received without conditional Baptism, as the ecumaniacs in the diocese I live in declared almost all Protestant baptisms valid without exception. “inclusive language” and the acceptance of homosexuality on spurious grounds). Finally, here was Catholicism that I had always studied! I began to research, and finally I sat down and read the ordinary of the True Mass. If you had an open-minded protestant (not anti-Catholic) willing to read ONE book to convince him or at least give him a start in thinking that the Catholic Church is the True Church which one would you give him? On of The Catholic Talk Show, Ryan Scheel, Fr. And because of the narrow focus of our Protestant lives and work, we knew few Catholics, lay or clergy. I loved read them. Now I'm more settled, I get somewhat bored with the perennial Protestant conviction that the Catholic position is always wrong (as my old Protestant pastor said years ago - "Protestants tell a lot of lies about Catholics and the Catholic Church", "Protestants can be quite arrogant about Catholicism" and "When it comes to theology, Protestants couldn't agree how far to spit!" Sheldon Christopher Smith – former Pentecostal Pastor converted to Orthodox Judaism in 1987. Just in case readers don’t know, Boris is a baptised Catholic who abjured the faith in favour of Anglicanism. Christina on April 10, 2019 at 7:05 pm said: I’m 33 min in but I’m in tears and had to … Anna Abrikosova: Russian convert to Eastern-rite Catholicism who was imprisoned by the Soviets John Adams : beatified person and Catholic martyr [4] Mortimer J. Adler : American philosopher, educator, and popular author; converted from agnosticism, after decades of interest in Thomism [5] [6] Jul 16, 2020 - Explore Isaser Tello's board "Catholic convert stories", followed by 109 people on Pinterest. I always think it is such a grace to be called, as an adult, into the Church. There are several reasons I embraced the Catholic faith during the Summer and Autumn of 2011. I began to read about Archbishop Lefebvre and the SSPX. One more thing: because of my responsibilities with a local sacred music choir, I’ve been physically inside 3 Protestant churches since my reversion, for rehearsals and performances. Sometimes the lessons we learn from our past prepare us to minister to others in the future. However, due to the increasing number of trolls afflicting this blog, it is very much at the discretion of the site administrator as to whether or not your comments continue to be pre-moderated. Why This Protestant Evangelical Converted to Catholicism (Part 2) October 25, 2020. Forward 15 seconds We’ll be publishing another one of his reasons every week, so stay tuned! Then a bad experience in a Novus Ordo parish caused me to realise there was a crisis. I was engaged to a Catholic, whereas I had been raised Baptist. In fact, almost two-thirds of … I knew that there had been a change of mind and heart on the part of “Roe” but hadn’t read any details before. I’d forgotten that – I think you told us that before, about Boris being baptised a Catholic. His delivery is relevant and engaging. My instruction by the parish priest and preparation for the sacraments was woefully inadequate although I didn’t realise this at the time. The Jewish Encyclopedia gives some statistics on conversion of Jews to Protestantism, to Roman Catholicism, and to Orthodox Christianity (which it calls erroneously Greek Catholicism; Greek or Byzantine Catholics are under the See of Rome, not in the Orthodox Church). The truth is, I’m still finding reasons for being a Catholic which I couldn’t have imagined earlier, so richly laden is the treasury which Catholicism holds. I’m especially struck by your remark about coming to feel revulsion towards the novus ordo because it reminds me of the priests who wrote about their “conversion” to the traditional Latin Mass, in the book Priest Where Is Thy Mass/Mass Where is Thy Priest… At least one of them (if not more than one) said that after saying both Masses, there came a point when he detested the one and loved the other. I couldn’t believe that there were these beautiful prayers that were NOWHERE to be found in the new Mass. This was the man, remember, who, when Mayor of London, told the government to ignore all public objection and get on with legalising “gay marriage”. (I have a friend who told me he loved the physical and psychological preparation he went through to go to Viet Nam. To convert a protestant pastor. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. I took my wife out for coffee. Today I could give more, but I’ve chosen to stick with the twelve listed in this series because they’re the ones that always first come to mind when I think of making such a list. Nevertheless, it was a mammoth step for a Protestant pastor, all the more so because I’ve never thought of myself as a courageous person. Thank you for your imaginative “Google”! When you are sure that is the image you want, click on the instruction to change your picture. Why did God say that, for instance, marriage is between a man and a woman, and not between those of the same sex? Yahweh ben Yahweh – … Parenthetically: Until I began to grasp something of the chasm between Catholicism and Protestantism, I had not dealt with several mysteries from my youth, such as why some Protestant churches have no cross in them (too Catholic) or why liturgy is spurned (too Catholic) or why the Lord’s Supper is not administered weekly (too Catholic) or why Mary is never mentioned except at Christmas … I don’t know if “reversion” counts as “conversion,” but I’ve had two reversion stories: one was my return to the Church and the practice of the Faith after 44 years (having been removed, as a child, via divorce). I wrote a tale, set in the Middle Ages, of a surprise visit by the pope to a monastery. I paraphrase slightly but that is the essence of the statement. “I am a former Protestant minister. I was home amongst the rebels! See more ideas about catholic, ewtn, catholic church. The first things that were given to me by a good friend was a rosary, a little booklet on how to pray it, a Green Scapular and the classic book by Mgr Eugene Boylan called ‘This Tremendous Lover’. Once approved, your subsequent comments will go straight onto the blog, generally speaking. I would love to know what led you to become a Catholic and why you were later tempted to lapse…. If one of our sons wants to be a priest, I don’t want him to go to some lavender seminary which will teach heresy!” Aha! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8758129/Boris-Johnsons-son-Wilfred-christened-catholic-Westminster-Cathedral-confirms.html. I knew something was wrong about the Church I had just joined, but I just humbly believed what I had read/been told. But I did persevere with the rosary and on Our Lady’s birthday I went to the Holy Cross Bookshop in London (now closed, I think) to get a book on Our Lady, where I met an old-school Jesuit priest (now gone to his eternal reward) who got talking to me and I think he realised that here was another post-Vatican II casualty. While producing a number of successful and popular Protestant pastors, SES has also been the site of a mass exodus across the Tiber. Rosalind Moss had devoted herself to ministry in Evangelical churches for eighteen years. A Protestant has the experience of a minister smiling whenever he sees you, memorizing your name, and generally going out of his way to make a personal connection. If you would like to put a picture beside your username (an avatar), simply go to My Profile, click on the picture already there (Mystery Man) and replace it with your chosen image. Rich Pagano, Ryan DellaCrosse, discuss tips for converting to Catholicism, from a former Protestant pastor.. Former Protestant Pastor Keith Nester explains how he converted to the Catholic church. It is a very simple process, so you can change the image if you decide it’s not what you want. Dwight Longenecker, Steve Ray, Dr. Peter Kreeft, David Anders, and many more. A conversion or reversion to the Catholic Church is a big deal. Anyway, one thing led to another and I discovered the TLM. She said “I was my children to be Catholic. Supporting Members of the Coming Home Network, 12 Reasons a Protestant Pastor Became Catholic, Bible and the Catechism in a Year Reading Plan, Resources for Non-Catholic Clergy and Ministers, Twelve Reasons a Protestant Pastor Became Catholic: The First Reason, Twelve Reasons a Protestant Pastor Became Catholic. Finally! I admit it – it wounds my pride a little. Our NO friends saw us as radical, strange, having attachments to all that old stuff that went out with the open windows and doors of the Church! So I sat down and discussed my Baptism with the priest. He taught at a Protestant seminary for a period, and started traveling to preach. Whether you have to re-examine some long-held assumptions, lose your friends, or even lose your job, it’s not a minor life event. Make sure you have saved your chosen picture on your computer before you begin the process so that  you can find it easily. I was totally amazed as I read these writings from the first few centuries that, as it turns out, the early church looks a lot like Catholicism! There was no need to hide what I thought or what I read or what I cared about as a Catholic, I could be as “rebellious” as I wanted and everyone agreed with me! ( Log Out /  Your first comment will go to moderation. The work of the Holy Spirit can leave a person dumbfounded. I later joined a parish RCIA group to help others coming into the Church and it was atrocious, and I started to see the problems – I think most of those who went through that course eventually lapsed and I’m not surprised. And the homily blew us away. The Catholic Talk Show Tips On Converting To Catholic From A Former Protestant Pastor In this episode of The Catholic Talk Show, the guys are joined by Keith Nester, a former Protestant Pastor who gives practical tips on discerning and converting to the Catholic Faith. By the time I was a teenager, I had become an atheist. But there’s a cart-before-the-horse issue here. Had it not been for the FSSPX, I would have lapsed. It´s true many "Catholics" are converting to some of the 33,000 sects of protestantism. Points to add from a protestant looking in, from a lady’s perspective: Continue to Twelve Reasons a Protestant Pastor Became Catholic: The First Reason. He also discusses how Our Lady led him to love faith. As for myself, I converted first to the Novus Ordo at age 21. There can be no other reason for blogging here. The New and Old Mass are two sides of the same coin. Despite all the rabid answers here, here are two good reasons for the Protestant to convert to Catholicism (I’m a convert from a Protestant denomination myself): (1) It is true. I was speechless during my first TLM, knowing instinctively and immediately that this was the true Catholic liturgy, but I wavered between the “two forms of the same rite” (NOT!!!) Because the Bible says so. I was afraid I might be slipping into schism … and the. My first impression was that they were completely different in almost every sense of the word, which is really true! There were many obstacles along the way. It marks a soul out as very special IMHO. As a Protestant convert to Catholicism whose journey culminates a week from today, at the Easter Vigil, I have some experience, oddly enough, in how to become a Catholic. ( Log Out /  Seven years ago, I myself was an emotional and excited Protestant convert to Catholicism (though also a revert, as my parents left the Church shortly after my first communion). . Despite all the rabid answers here, here are two good reasons for the Protestant to convert to Catholicism (I’m a convert from a Protestant denomination myself): (1) It is true. I think this is a really interesting topic. People will sometimes ask whether there are things about Protestantism that I miss and I answer yes, there are, especially in traditional Protestant worship. (From a Protestant).” Then, on Ash Wednesday just a few days ago she announced she was converting to Catholicism! He resolved three of the four long ago, but struggled the most with Mary, finally accepting the teaching on her just because the church taught it. I dropped out of a Protestant seminary, enrolled in RCIA, and delved deep into the Catechism, Catholic theology, and Catholic literature. Like their pope-aligned opponents, they had asked questions about justification, the authority of tradition, the mode of Christ’s self-gift in the Eucharist, the nature of apostolic succession, and the Church’s wielding of the keys. Can a Protestant Pastor convert to Catholicism and continue Pastoring his Church? Emily Mackey, the 7 year-old daughter of one of the pro-lifers, particularly affected her. Whether you have to re-examine some long-held assumptions, lose your friends, or even lose your job, it’s not a minor life event. https://www.coraevans.com/blog/article/here-are-10-of-the-most-unexpected-catholic-conversion-stories. Becoming Protestant. Personally, I think that the easiest way to avoid the temptation to lapse is to never lose sight of the fact that at any minute, we may be called to our Judgment. I blame the apostate clergy, though, who accommodate these pretend Christians.. 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