Fr. Ray Ryland has a long history in ministry, beginning with his calling at age 17 while he was in the Disciples of Christ Church. He later became a priest
Growing up in a suburb of Buffalo, NY, Mike Carlton had a good foundation in the faith of his Scottish Presbyterian family. Through worship and youth clubs, retreats and fellowship,
My father is a retired Assemblies of God pastor. My parents had a deep and abiding love for Jesus Christ. Their lives expressed who Christ was. I vividly remember being awakened in the middle of the night by the sound of their praying — praying for each of the people in their congregation.
Taking dramatic steps of faith runs in the family. In the eighteenth century, my ancestors left Switzerland for the new colony of Pennsylvania to find religious freedom. The two Longenecker brothers were Mennonites — members of an Anabaptist sect so strict that it had been persecuted by John Calvin.
As an active Protestant Christian in my mid-twenties, I began to feel that I might have a vocation to become a minister. The more I studied, the more perplexed I became. At one stage my elder sister, a very committed Evangelical Protestant with somewhat flexible denominational affiliations, chided me with becoming “obsessed” with trying to find a “true Church.” “Does it really matter?” she would ask.
Terry Hatty, a former vocalist for Canadian rock band. The Guess Who, is this week’s Journey Home guest. He grew up in St. John’s, New Brunswick in a solid, hard-working Catholic
Joshua Johnson began life in Mississippi in a family dedicated to the Baptist tradition of the Christian faith. Experiencing a love for Jesus at a young age, Joshua made his
Fr. Brad Sweet, a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, grew up in a family who lived out its Baptist faith. His formation continued until Fr. Brad entered college when he
Michael is a former independent Baptist minister, of the Bob Jones University variety. When he was a Baptist he led many, many Catholics to leave the Church. Now he is a Catholic
Wes and Kelly Baker, a married couple, both grew up in the Nazarene tradition of Protestantism. They met as students at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Ohio. They shared an
Growing up in Australia under the tutelage of a saintly grandmother and a devout mother – both Catholic – Matt Fradd was brought to Mass each week. But gradually, as
Matt Swaim started life in the Nazarene tradition in central OH as the son of faithful parents. They instilled within him a love of scriptures. Matt moved to central KY