Journeys to Orthodoxy
Journeys (conversion) to Orthodoxy from...
Protestantism
Anglican
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
- Moving East by Philip Silouan Thompson
- 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
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
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
Books
- Anglican-Orthodox Pilgrimage by Franklin Billerbeck (ISBN 0962271357)
- Becoming Orthodox by Fr. Peter Gillquist (ISBN 0962271330)
- Journey of Fear and Joy by Oswin Craton (ISBN 1418444162)
- Journeys to Orthodoxy - A Collection of Essays by Converts to Orthodox Christianity ed. by Thomas Doulis (ISBN 0937032425)
- Toward the Authentic Church: Orthodox Christians Discuss Their Conversion ed. by Thomas Doulis (ISBN 1880971100)
- Thirsting for God: In a Land of Shallow Wells by Matthew Gallatin (ISBN 1888212284)
See Also
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
