Hear the stories of Baptists who, in their walk with Jesus Christ, were led to become Catholic.
“I started a quest to learn what Christians were like during those ages when the people didn’t look much like Southern Baptists…. It was a big day when I found the writings of those we refer to as the early Church fathers.”
– Rod Bennett, Author of Four Witnesses & The Apostasy that Wasn’t
A FEW GREAT VIDEOS
Rob Corzine 5:02
“These weren’t the Catholics I’d grown up with. They loved Jesus more than I did.”
Anthony Baratta 8:35
“Now is the best time in the last 500 years to become a Catholic.”
Dr. Ian Murphy 2:13
In short video, a former Baptist minister shares how coming to believe in the idea of magisterial authority in the Catholic Church didn’t restrict him as a Christian. Instead, it gave him freedom in Christ.
A FEW GREAT WRITTEN STORIES
Magnet of Truth: From Baptist to Catholic
Noel Culbertson
The Catholic Church was never on my radar. I had no hatred or malice for the Church, more of an American ignorance and apathy toward it. But like many a road that leads to Rome, I was on it long before I knew it. We were happy in our Baptist congregation…
Crossing the Tiber
Steve Ray
People often ask, “What did you see in the Catholic Church that made you want to leave everything you knew to begin such a radical new path in life? My answer is, “I saw nothing in the Catholic Church to make me want to be Catholic!” You’ll want to read on. Steve’s answer to these questions might surprise you.
Catholicism and the New Creation
Tyler Blanski
“This is not Middle Earth, this is not Middle Earth,” I kept telling myself. But how else could I make sense of the towering cathedrals, the Tradition and the Scriptures, the real evil to fight and the real good to defend? It was the spring of 2014…
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Recommended Books & Other Resources
Crossing the Tiber
by Steve Ray
When a best friend, an Evangelical pastor, converted to Catholicism, Steve and his wife Janet decided to investigate the claims of the Catholic Church. This took them on a journey back in time that eventually changed their lives forever.
Evangelical Is Not Enough
by Thomas Howard
In this deeply moving narrative, the author describes his pilgrimage from Evangelical Protestantism to liturgical Christianity. He soon after became Roman Catholic. Catholics will see with fresh eyes the beauty of their tradition come to life under the enchanting wand of Howard’s beautiful prose.
Born Fundamentalist: Born Again Catholic
by David Currie
This book was written as an explanation to his fundamentalist and evangelical friends and family about why he became a Roman Catholic. An extremely lucid, systematic and thorough care for the Catholic faith.
