Mark DeYoung came from a Nazarene family, and was heavily involved in church. He went on to attend Trevecca Nazarene in Nashville, and then began work at a Christian music station, where he also hosted the morning show. 

During this time, he experienced some major challenges to his personal faith. When he began to rediscover it, it lead him to seminary studies, and eventually on staff at a seeker-friendly church. 

The toxicity he experienced there led him to leave ministry altogether, and wonder if he’d ever fit in at any church. After wrestling with alcohol, he realized he needed an anchor of stability that would align his faith and his personal life. Discovering Catholic media, he began to finally get real answers, and realized that his true spiritual home was in the Catholic Church.

Mark DeYoung came from a Nazarene family, and was heavily involved in church. He went on to attend Trevecca Nazarene in Nashville, and then began work at a Christian music station, where he also hosted the morning show. During this time, he experienced some major challenges to his personal faith. When he began to rediscover it, it lead him to seminary studies, and eventually on staff at a seeker-friendly church. The toxicity he experienced there led him to leave ministry altogether, and wonder if he’d ever fit in at any church. After wrestling with alcohol, he realized he needed an anchor of stability that would align his faith and his personal life. Discovering Catholic media, he began to finally get real answers, and realized that his true spiritual home was in the Catholic Church.

Mark DeYoung - Former Nazarene Pastor

David DeAtkine was born into a Baptist family, but they also explored Pentecostal and fundamentalist churches along the way. 

When he went to medical school, David began attending Episcopal services, because that was his wife’s background. However, this raised even more questions for him about Church history, the sacraments, and the nature of Christian authority, and set him on a quest to find out what kind of Church Jesus had truly founded.

David DeAtkine was born into a Baptist family, but they also explored Pentecostal and fundamentalist churches along the way. When he went to medical school, David began attending Episcopal services, because that was his wife’s background. However, this raised even more questions for him about Church history, the sacraments, and the nature of Christian authority, and set him on a quest to find out what kind of Church Jesus had truly founded.

Dr. David DeAtkine - Former Baptist & Episcopalian

TJ Nielsen grew up in a Christian household, and his interest in philosophy and history led him to Hillsdale College. While there, he began to reflect more deeply on what it meant to take his Christian faith seriously, and his encounter with serious Catholics impacted him in such a way that he eventually felt called home to the Catholic Church himself. He has since gone on to found the Center for Evangelical Catholicism.

TJ Nielsen - Former Evangelical

Cary Klivan grew up Jewish in Brooklyn, and though he was culturally observant, he was spiritually agnostic, more along the lines of scientific materialism. 

He ended up marrying his childhood sweetheart, who happened to be one of the few Catholics in his neighborhood. He agreed to raise his children Catholic, because to him faith was just a cultural marker. 

The reality of becoming a father, however, got him asking deeper philosophical and spiritual questions. He began to see that the stories he learned in his Jewish background came to life anew in fulfilled form in Jesus, and suddenly, he found himself not only believing, but desiring to be baptized and serve the Church as a Permanent Deacon.

Cary Klivan grew up Jewish in Brooklyn, and though he was culturally observant, he was spiritually agnostic, more along the lines of scientific materialism. He ended up marrying his childhood sweetheart, who happened to be one of the few Catholics in his neighborhood. He agreed to raise his children Catholic, because to him faith was just a cultural marker. The reality of becoming a father, however, got him asking deeper philosophical and spiritual questions. He began to see that the stories he learned in his Jewish background came to life anew in fulfilled form in Jesus, and suddenly, he found himself not only believing, but desiring to be baptized and serve the Church as a Permanent Deacon.

Deacon Cary Klivan - Convert from Judaism

Fr. Samuel Keyes was raised Baptist in Mississippi, but became an Episcopalian as a young adult, going on to serve as a priest in Massachusetts, Alabama, and Maryland. His spiritual trajectory continued to lead him deeper on the questions of tradition, liturgy and authority, and he eventually became a Catholic and an ordained priest through the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter.

Fr. Samuel Keyes - Former Episcopal Priest

Former Wesleyan Pastor Gary Wiley and revert Charlotte Wiley discuss what led them to the Catholic Church. Hosted by Marcus Grodi.

09/10/18 CHARLOTTE AND GARY WILEY

Former Baptist Bill Gent talks about the years of soul-searching and discernment that brought him back to the Catholic Church. Hosted by Marcus Grodi.

08/27/18 BILL GENT

Former Methodist Austin Ruse discusses his conversion and the many small but significant moments that led him to the Catholic faith. Hosted by Marcus Grodi.

08/20/18 AUSTIN RUSE

Dr. Barry Carey, a former Oneness Pentecostal and Anglican, shares how he came to the Catholic Church. Hosted by Marcus Grodi.

08/13/18 DR. BARRY CAREY

Jeremy Tate, formerly of the Presbyterian Church in America, discusses his conversion experience and why he was drawn to the Catholic Church. Hosted by Marcus Grodi.

08/06/18 JEREMY TATE

Formerly un-churched and secular, Rob Marco shares the profound conversion experience that led him to Catholicism.

07/23/18 ROB MARCO

Margaret Bereit, a lifelong Catholic, and her husband David, a former Presbyterian and founder of 40 Days for Life, discuss his long journey to accepting the Catholic Faith.

07/16/18 MARGARET AND DAVID BEREIT

Stephen Gleason, a former non-denominational pastor, explains how he came home to the Catholic Church.

07/09/18 STEPHEN GLEASON

Marshall Fightlin explains what let him to convert from Judaism to Catholicism. Hosed by Marcus Grodi.

06/18/18 MARSHALL FIGHTLIN

Derya Little shares why she rejected her family's Islamic faith and began a spiritual journey that led her to the Catholic Church. Hosted by Marcus Grodi.

06/11/18 DERYA LITTLE

JonMarc Grodi  and his guests address the personal obstacles, doctrinal objections, and the irresistible attraction to the Church Jesus founded 2,000 years ago.

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