Fr. John Bartunek, LC – Former Atheist
Fr. John was raised by a dad who wanted nothing to do with religion, so when he started to attend Evangelical youth groups in his teens, his father strongly disapproved.
Fr. John was raised by a dad who wanted nothing to do with religion, so when he started to attend Evangelical youth groups in his teens, his father strongly disapproved.
Mark Hausam grew up generally Christian, and Desiree grew up with very little religious influence. They both sought Christ more deeply in their teenage years, and ended up together at
Noel Culbertson grew up Southern Baptist in California, and even ended up going on overseas mission trips as a teenager with the hope of introducing Catholics to Jesus. After an
Vern Steiner was raised with a strong foundation of faith that led him into academia and ministry, with a focus on the Bible and Biblical languages. His son Chad followed
Dr. Abigail Favale prayed the sinner’s prayer as a very young child, and loved the Bible from an early age, especially the stories of the women of the Old Testament.
Fr. Bart Stevens grew up in Montana, and had a radical conversion to Christ as a teenager attending an Assemblies of God youth group. When he was exposed to the
Carlos Zamora was raised Catholic, and went to Mass and CCD classes, but didn’t pay a whole lot of attention. Growing up in Fort Worth during a particularly violent era,
Kevin Stephenson was baptized Anglican in England, but when visiting family in Jamaica as a young man, he had a profound born-again experience, and began to worship in Charismatic congregations.
Michael Davis was raised on Baptist hellfire and brimstone, and it turned him off to Christianity altogether as a young man. Later, when he met a pastor who showed him
As a Catholic teenager, Chris Reibold was reading Nietzche and studying scientific materialism, and felt that his catechists didn’t have adequate answers to his questions about philosophy and religion. He
David grew up in a family of missionaries, and from an early age was taught to have a personal relationship with Jesus and to rely on the Holy Spirit. That
Jessica Ptomey’s parents had a born-again experience as young adults, and wanted Jessica to encounter Christ from a young age as well. She can never remember a time when she
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