Journeys to Orthodoxy
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Journeys (conversion) to Orthodoxy from...
Protestantism
Anglican
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
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)
- Oliver, John. Touching Heaven: Discovering Orthodox Christianity on the Island of Valaam. (ISBN 1888212659)
- 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
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
