Converts Only Please

[Peter]

In my parish there are quite a number of converts from Reformed, or Presbyterian, background. Where did you all come from?

 

[Reader Nilus]

The poll should also include Anglicans being there is a huge number of former Anglicans that are now Orthodox of which I am one. Lutherans should also be listed as one of highest profile converts was the Luther Scholar of the 20th ct Jaroslav Pelikan.
Jeff the Finn

 

[Peter]

Jeffthefinn is right. I apparently cant do the changes though. Could someone with Level 1 clearance do this for us? Thank you.

 

[Philip]

Done

 

[Oblio]

I still have my training wheels on. We'll need Philip to make the changes.

 

[Photini]

I come from an independant or "non-denominational" Protestant upbringing.

 

[Patristic]

I was an evangelical Reformed follower through and through.

 

[Maximus]

I had a hard time answering the poll . . . because I used to belong to several different Protestant denominations!

I was baptized Lutheran as an infant, became a Southern Baptist as a teenager, and embraced the "dark side" for awhile as a Calvinist Presbyterian (and spent a few years as an atheist as a result).

When I came back to Christianity from atheism I went with the Lutheran Church because I regarded it as the "faith of my fathers", who were (on my father's side) German immigrants to Pennsylvania.

I was Lutheran just before our Lord opened my eyes and led me into His Church, so that's what I clicked on.

 

[Philip]

Maximus,

Should I add an "All of the above" option to the poll?

 

[Maximus]

Maximus,

Should I add an "All of the above" option to the poll?

LOL!

Maybe so!

I not only belonged to three different Protestant sects, I visited most of the other kinds at one time or another, too.

I was looking for love in all the wrong places . . .

 

[MariaRegina]

What about a R-O-A-M-I-N Catholic? LOL

My dad roamed from church to church after leaving the Roman Catholic Church.

 

[Peter]

As was I. Let's see, in the past I've been...

1. Independant
2. Southern Baptist
3. Nazarene
4. Reformed/Presbyterian
5. Weslyian (sp?)
6. Methodist (Infant baptized into that one)
7. Semi-Messianic Judiasm

In short, an inquirer. lol

Maybe an "All of the above" wouldn't be a bad idea. We have to draw the line some where. There are, after all, over 27,000 Protestant denominations out there.

Peace.

Peter

 

[katherine2001]

I was Baptist. I was Independent (fundamentalist) Baptist for awhile and then Southern Baptist.

 

[Oblio]

1. Congregational as a youngun'
2. Agnostic Deadhead in College and later years
3. Suthin' Baptist a few years ago
4. Orthodox a little over a year ago

 

[Matrona]

I grew up in a non-Christian family. We attended a non-denominational church for a few years, but that was it.

In college those Campus Crusade people came after me. (Don't even get me started.) I found Orthodoxy after 12 months in Crusade and left Crusade for Orthodoxy. I'm much happier now.

Matrona

 

[Peter]

Dear Matrona,

You aren't the only one to leave Campus Crusade for Orthodoxy. Have you read "Coming Home"? I think that's the book. It's the story of Fr. Peter Gilquist and others that came out of that group and found their way to Orthodoxy.

Peace.

Peter

P.S. Dear friends, if I have gotten the name of the book wrong, please let me know. I don't mind showing my ignorance, but I hate to remain ignorant.

 

[Oblio]

IIRC it was Becoming Orthodox


Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith

Coming Home: Why Protestant Clergy Are Becoming Orthodox


I enjoyed Becoming Orthodox, I think it was my first intoduction to Orthodoxy that I picked out from the library as an enquirer.

 

[Maximus]

I did a little work witnessing with Campus Crusade as a college freshman.

Our hearts were in the right place and we were trying to spread the Gospel, but not according to knowledge.

I am still very much interested in evangelism and would like to become involved in organized Orthodox evangelism.

 

[Matrona]

You aren't the only one to leave Campus Crusade for Orthodoxy. Have you read "Coming Home"? I think that's the book. It's the story of Fr. Peter Gilquist and others that came out of that group and found their way to Orthodoxy.

You mean Becoming Orthodox, I believe. Yes, I have read it, someone in my church gave it to me. (I've also read Coming Home.)

The people I knew at Campus Crusade would jabber about God's love and blessings, but when it came time to actually act on their claimed beliefs, all they want to do is pass out their Bill Bright tracts on safe ground. Although they had no qualms about attacking one of their own (namely moi) when she started going to an Orthodox church, since they weren't familiar with it. (Up until then, I hadn't been in a church, any church, in several years.) If this was supposed to drive me away from the Orthodox Church, well, thank heaven they failed!

Matrona