Journeys to Orthodoxy

Journeys (conversion) to Orthodoxy from...

Protestantism

Anglican

• Fr. George Johnson's Personal Testimony

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
• 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

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

• 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