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[[Image:Frjohnwhiteford.jpg|right|Fr. [[John Whiteford]]]]
My name is Fr. John Whiteford, and I pastor [http://www.saintjonah.org St. Jonah Orthodox Church], in [[w:Spring, Texas|Spring, Texas]].
I was born in [[w:Riverside, California|Riverside, California]] in 1966. My family moved to [[w:Murray, Kentucky|Murray, Kentucky ]] in 1976, and then to [[w:Houston, Texas|Houston, Texas ]] in 1978.
I was raised in [[w:the Church of the Nazarene|the Church of the Nazarene]], but began studying Orthodoxy while working on B.A. in Theology at [[w:Southern Nazarene University|Southern Nazarene University]] in [[w:Bethany, Oklahoma|Bethany, Oklahoma]]. I decided to convert not long after graduating from there in 1990. I was baptized at [http://www.russianorthodoxoklahoma.org/ St. Benedict Orthodox Church] in [[w:Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City]] ]] on November 10th, 1990.
