Former Evangelical Leader Swims the Tiber and Becomes Catholic?

Question

Francis J. Beckwith is Associate Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies, Baylor University He has written several books including the just-published Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007) and To Everyone An Answer; A Case for the Christian Worldview (IVP, 2004). His articles have been published in numerous journals across a diversity of disciplines. Until May 2007 he was President of the Evangelical Theological Society, an academic society with over 4400 members. Now he is a Catholic.
Do you know that hundreds of protestant ministers become Catholics every year? The "Coming Home Network" is devoted to helping protestant ministers who convert: http://www.chnetwork.org/
Take some time to listen to Mr. Beckwith in his own words in this archived broadcast of "Catholic Answers Live":
http://www.catholic.com/audio/2007/MP3/ca070905a.mp3

It lasts about an hour. Let me know what you think

LINK:
http://www.catholic.com/audio/2007/MP3/ca070905a.mp3

Answer 1

I think that Br Beckwith is a "revert" and is returning home to the Catholic Church: he found Jesus in an eveangelical protestant movement and later found that what he was looking for was also in the Catholic Church all the time. I hope others who in ignorance(or through spiritual malnutrition,seeking to be fed and come to a living relationship with the Trinity) have left the Church may come home and find in the Catholic Church the fullness of Christianity and indescrible abundance of grace and spiritual fulfillment in Jesus the Lord,Savior and One Everlasting Head of the Church that Mr Beckwith had.
Frank also studied the questions and sources throughly and found that the Catholic doctrine was the more fully evangelical,biblical,patristic and comprehensively true.

Answer 2

I'm a 'revert,' too, and grateful for The Coming Home Network. Let's be clear that when Protestants enter into full communion with the Catholic Church, they are not 'changing religions'; they remain Christian, and most evangelicals who make this move bristle a bit at the phrase "Protestants who convert." The reason is that, for evangelicals, 'conversion' is a matter of turning to Christ and accepting his sacrifice on their behalf. So, when they enter the Roman tradition, they are already 'converted.' It's partly semantics, I know. (This posting did, indeed, feel more like a commercial than a question)

Answer 3

I think there are also a lot of catholics adjusting into protestant denominations in some countries eg Brazil. The catholic approach may appeal more to many christians, as it gives more ready-made answers than some other denominations.

Answer 4

I can't listen, I'm on slow dial-up.

But I do know about the Coming Home Network. The testimonies of these protestant pastors are always interesting.

For all of them (since most are married and/or women) becoming Catholic means giving up their jobs. So, they aren't just changing religion, they are giving up their careers that many of them trained for and worked toward for years. It's huge and worth reading or listening to for sure.

thanks

Answer 5

Actually tens of thousands of adults are joining the Catholic Church.

In 2006 alone there were 64,464 adult baptisms. And 92,975 baptized adults were received into full communion with the Church.

And that's only in the United States.

I personally know a couple of dozen converts including our pastor.

http://www.usccb.org/comm/statisti.shtml

With love in Christ.

Answer 6

I went throughout a similar precise element whilst i advance into in my early 20's. and such as you i stumbled on the Lord in Catholic literature and coaching, yet knew i did no longer fairly in fantastic condition there. I had a similar painful history with the evangelical church, yet I purely knew that it advance right into a miles better in fantastic condition for me. As I have been given older i advance into waiting to p.c. out a non secular present of know-how in myself. i've got self assurance this present is why i'm waiting to savor and notice God in lots of categories of Christianity and additionally in different religions. regrettably, that's in all threat part of the reason I fairly have had considered one of these complicated time being universal and understood in my evangelical stroll. human beings frequently reject any perception i've got self assurance I fairly have gained whilst they locate out the place it got here variety. possibly you have a similar variety of present.

Answer 7

An hour? I think not. How about 2 seconds, which is longer than it took me to determine this was just more Christian spam advertising.
Without even clicking a link.

Answer 8

if I were a Protestant I would begin thinking why.

lol, thanks for this post!

thank God I'm Catholic!

Answer 9

whooptie whoop...i dont care for legalism....sounds too long..