Ken Panagiotis Jennings
#0
http://www.tnr.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20070827&s=zengerle082707
The tone is as secular as one might expect (e.g. \"...Although Orthodox Christianity has been in North America since 1794, when Russian Orthodox missionaries crossed the Bering Strait to convert Aleuts in Alaska...\" As if the recipients of the Gospel of Christ had no say-so at all in the matter), nevertheless, I did find it worth reading.
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John Chan
#2
[url=http://www.tnr.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20070827&s=zengerle082707]TNR Article[/url]
I like making worthwhile links \"clickable\" :cool:
I think more people would click on a link rather than cut and paste.
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RB
#3
I read a blog that was discussing this article. One Protestant made an interesting point. What makes this most recent trend of Protestants joining the Orthodox Church any different from all the other trends the Protestants cycle through? The guy in the blog (a Lutheran--not Evangelical) thought this was just another Evangelical fad.
How does that question strike people?
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Ken Panagiotis Jennings
#4
It\'s an excellent point. Personally, I believe that most of the Evangelicals have truly found \"home\". I remember as a Protestant literally saying the words, \"we\'re shopping around for a church,\" as if it were just fine and the norm. Then the hunger for a solid Church foundation and firm roots reaching back to the beginning of the Church itself and the apostles rose in me. My hunger was only satisfied by the Eastern Orthodox Church. The same hunger seems to be happening with folks in Evangelical circles as well.
It could very well just be a fad, but if it is I\'d be very interested to know where they would go next. God be with them either way.
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John Chan
#1
Lots of people come to Church for all the wrong reasons, but they still find the right answers.
If it\'s a fad, let\'s keep it in fashion.
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LH
#5
Prior to my family\'s beginning the catechumenate, my wife asked the same question, \"what if this is just another step, another fad\"? My answer was it is a matter of personal, existential commitment that it not be another step in the journey. I could ask the same the thing about my marriage to my \'current wife.\' But I don\'t. I\'m committed to life with one wife. Also, Fr. Joseph Huneycutt\'s One Flew Over the Onion Dome talks about the revolving door of Protestant converts.
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Paul Barrera
#6
I am familiar with several stories of proselytes from Protestant backgrounds who became (Orthodox) Christians then aposticized. I pray for them every day with St John of San Francisco\'s help.
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