Anyone here that converted to Catholicism from Southern Baptist?

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I came back to the Church after marriage, to a Baptist/non-denom. And even when we were attending the same church we disagreed a lot on personal devotional practices and major theological points. So it was way, way worse when I came back. We have 3 kids and it’s caused a lot of problems. Some people can do it (grace in action); but when you’ve got two sets of strongly held convictions… You’re almost asking for some potential serious problems.
 
Continue to pray for her! The fact that she attends Mass with you is her responding to God’s graces. Is she open to reading any books? If so, Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism by Dr. Scott Hahn is a great one. If you haven’t read it, it’s a good read, even for a cradle Catholic. What’s nice about the book, and especially for a non-Catholic, is that it’s just a story about his journey to the Latin Church.

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I have read it, and am trying to get her to read it. I even highlighted some of the scriptures to answer questions she has
 
You know, I hear about all these situations in the Church, and I just find them so alien to my experience as a Catholic. I guess I must be really blessed by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

I am sorry your area is like that.

If you find yourself aligned on these issues, is your motive for not joining really the rudeness of your wife’s coreligionists? Because you seem genuine and I doubt that is all there is to it.
 
I was raised Southern Baptist but was drawn to Catholicism at various times in my life. I finally converted when I was in my early 40s. It took a lot of courage for me to openly embrace the Catholic church because from early childhood my family and the churches I attended vilified Catholics. I was taught Catholics were sinful for worshipping Mary and that the Pope was the anti-Christ. I heard this preached from the pulpit on Sunday mornings!

I wanted to convert when I was 13 and my father, who rarely attended church, brought a Baptist minister to our house to tell me how evil Catholics are. The minister said that during the Reformation Catholics even brutally murdered babies – anything to keep me from converting.

I don’t know what your wife’s past religious experiences have been, but I was heavily indoctrinated against the Catholic church. Before I took the final steps to become Catholic, a book I found very helpful was Unabridged Christianity: Biblical Answers to Common Questions by Father Mario Romero. It helped me to resolve my fears that some Catholic practices were sinful. I don’t know if any of this will be helpful to you, but I do wish you and your wife all the best in your faith journeys.
 
If you don’t mind me saying, I’m surprised you find it alien. How do you accept non-Catholic parents/spouses where you’re at? I, personally, find it alien to hear that where you go to church/your parish is accepting of mixed-marriages/non-Catholic spouses/non-Catholic parents.

To address your question…ya, that’s pretty much it. If I can’t be accepted because I’m the “wrong type of Christian”, why would I go further into conversion. The exclusivity vs. inclusivity is also alien to me, and I’m not really interested in investigating a church that is so exclusive.
 
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Yes, I converted last year. Never in a million years would I have imagined this would happen. I started to see how Bible verses I thought I understood had a different meaning. specifically. John 6 and the Eucharist. I started comparing what I believed to what Catholics believed. Catholicism won every time. It took me a couple of years. I approached it like a research project. It took longer for my heart to catch up. Bottom line, I trusted the Holy Spirit was leading me and He would never lead me away from Christ. Encourage your wife to let her Bible show her the truth. Example: when Paul and Silas were jailed, the jailer asked “what must I do to be saved?” A baptist would respond with the following verse, “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.” But the verse goes on to say “and thy house.” It goes on to say the jailer and his FAMILY were baptized. This shows us the need for baptism, the family covenant of baptism, and most likely that infants and young children were baptized.
 
I was a SB before converting to Catholicism. Although i was not an avid church goer it was my roots. i was taught all the usual Catholic falsehoods. most were easily dispelled. the one that stuck with me was the graven images thing. it took the Holy Spirit to enlighten me as to what the meaning of not having graven images really meant.
 
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