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===Personal Conversion=See also==Evangelicals emphasize the need for a personal conversion to Jesus Christ. A personal conversion to Jesus Christ involves accepting and believing several points about Jesus Christ and His uniqueness in human history. The idea of a personal conversion to Christ is rooted in the spiritual doctrine of the "Atonement", the idea that where there is sin or imperfection in our individual life, that this must be addressed and taken care of. * [[Sin is any imperfection which a Holy God would not be able to accept into His presenceEvangelical Orthodox Church]].
==External links==* [http://www.eastwestreport.org/articles/ew03204.htm Eastern Orthodox: Five Protestant Perspectives] by Don Fairbairn* [http://www.eastwestreport.org/articles/ew09401.html Evangelicals accept the teachings in the Bible that Eternal life is obtained by Asking Jesus Christ to "forgive you of your sins and Orthodox: Crossing Paths and Crossing Swords]* [http://home.it.net.au/~jgrapsas/pages/Rogers.html From Evangelical to come into your life"Orthodox] by Fr. Some have called this a ''crisis experience,'' while others have simply understood as a spiritual reconciliation with GodGregory Rogers* [http://www. It is also commonly referred to as being ''born againogreatmystery.'' Evangelicals differ in their understanding com/ O Great Mystery]: The website of the role an evangelical parish that became Orthodox* [http://www.ortho-logia.com/English/statusofemergingdialogue.htm Eastern Orthodoxy and authority Evangelicalism: The Status of Official State Churchesan Emerging Global Dialogue] - Bradley Nassif, Ph.D. (Professor, believing that the Bible predates the formation Antiochian House of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox ChurchStudies (USA), and understanding that the thousands a graduate program of copies St. John of the New Testament (both by themselves and lectionariesDamascus Seminary, Balamand University, Lebanon) demonstrates the widespread recognition and use . Published in Scottish Bulletin of the New Testament in Early ChristianityEvangelical Theology: Vol. 1, Spring, 2000. ([http://www.stpaulsirvine.org/html/Evangelical%20and%20Orthodox. htm mirror])