Journeys to Orthodoxy

Journeys (conversion) to Orthodoxy from...

Protestantism

Anglican

• Fr. George Johnson's Personal Testimony

Assembly of God

• Moving East by Philip Silouan Thompson

Baptist

• From First Baptist to the First Century by Clark Carlton
• Joel Kalvesmaki's Journey to Orthodoxy: A Baptist Missionary Becomes Orthodox

Christian Church / Church of Christ / Disciples of Christ

• From Evangelical to Orthodox by Fr. Gregory Rogers
• A Journey of Fear and Joy by John Craton

Evangelical - General

• Second Thoughts by Joel Kalvesmaki
• Are There Many Christian Churches, or Is the True Church One?: An Interview with a Former Protestant Missionary and Wycliffe Bible Translator
• Fr. Seraphim Holland's Personal Testimony
• Seek and ye shall find... A couple's journey to Orthodoxy by Reader Peter Jackson
• My Journey to Orthodoxy by Kyriaki-Fevronia Ka’akau

Evangelical - Reformed

• You Shall Know the Truth by Stephen M. Adams

Episcopal

• What I Have Learned by Clifton D. Healy

• Spiritual Biography by Huw Raphael of the blog Doxos
• In the Passenger Seat by Khouria Frederica Mathewes-Green

Plymouth Brethren

• "Plymouth Brethren" to Orthodox by Fr. Justin (Edward) Hewlett

United Methodist

• Holy Tradition: The Road That Leads Home by the Rev. Dorraine Snogren (The True Vine, #5)

Roman Catholicism

• Two Paths by Michael Whelton
• Crossing Bridges: The Story of a Spiritual Journey by Thomas Ross Valentine
• American Salvation: The Place of Christianity in Public Life by Albert J. Raboteau

Collections of Conversion Stories

• Journey to Orthodoxy, a collection of articles from Orthodox America
• Various Convert Testimonies from the parish Web site of St. Herman of Alaska [Orthodox Church in America|OCA])
• Journey a list of links from Phil Thompson of other journeys to Orthodoxy

Published works

Conversion stories

• Billerbeck, Franklin, ed. Anglican-Orthodox Pilgrimage (ISBN 0962271357)
• Craton, Oswin. A Journey of Fear and Joy. (ISBN 1418444162) - also available online
• Doulis, Thomas, ed. Journeys to Orthodoxy: A Collection of Essays by Converts to Orthodox Christianity. (ISBN 0937032425)
• Doulis, Thomas, ed. Toward an Authentic Church: Orthodox Christians Discuss Their Conversion. (ISBN 1880971100)
• Gallatin, Matthew. Thirsting for God in a Land of Shallow Wells. (ISBN 1888212284)
• Gillquist, Peter E. Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith (ISBN 0962271330)

Orthodox and other forms of Christianity

• Bouyer, Louis. History of Christian Spirituality: Orthodox Spirituality and Protestant and Anglican Spirituality. (ISBN 0816423741)
• Kimbrough, S. T., ed. Orthodox and Wesleyan Spirituality. (ISBN 088141235X)
• Carlton, Clark. The Way: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church (Faith Catechism Series). (ISBN 0964914123)
• Carlton, Clark. The Truth: What Every Roman Catholic Should Know About the Orthodox Church (Faith Catechism Series). (ISBN 0964914182)

See Also

• Orthodox Blogs

External Links

• On Becoming and Remaining an Orthodox Christian
• Contours of Conversion and the Ecumenical Movement: Some Personal Reflections by Hieromonk Alexios Karakallinos
• Why Isn't Clendenin Orthodox?, a two-part series from Orthodox America about a Protestant who has written many largely sympathetic books and articles about Orthodoxy, but remains Protestant. See also "A Reply to Dan Clendenin."
• Converts - Chapter 88 from Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works by Hieromonk Damascene
• My Work With English-Speaking Converts (.pdf): An Interview with Fr. Artemy Vladimirov
• OrthodoxConverts.info - contains soem frequently asked questions for those in the process of conversion
• Orthodox Converts Yahoo Group
• A Letter on the issue of Converts by Fr. William DuBovik
• A Typology of Converts: Beware of Those Running Away by Fr. John Garvey
• Cradle-born Thoughts by Fr. John Dresko
• Orthodox Converts: An Annotated Bibliography of Works in English Concerning Conversion to the Eastern Orthodox Churches by William M. Klimon