Do I tell my coworker I converted?

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My coworker attempted to evangelize me into his Sola scripture church back when I was an angry lapsed Catholic. Kind of shot him down and said I felt religion was politically weaponized and I felt abandoned by all religion and blah blah blah.

It was a slightly awkward discussion, but we’re still friendly and I found out he does it with everyone, so no big deal.

Anyway after a year of studying, various church visits, and prayer, I realized the Episcopal Church is more for me so I’m looking forward to my reception in mid May!

Anyway, should I mention this to my coworker, even though it wasn’t his version of Christianity I’ve joined?

I was thinking of showing him my Reception card or something (like the confirmation certificate we all get signed by the bishop)

Not sure if joining “a” Christianity is a cause for celebrating “the” Christianity. You know what I mean?
 
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If religion comes up naturally in conversation, you can go ahead and mention it, but I don’t think you need to make it a point to tell him.
 
If you think your coworker played any kind of role in your taking a happy, second-look at Christianity, I think you owe him at least a “Thank you.”
 
I didn’t realize the Episcopal church had a
reception ceremony? Are you required to have a period of study before you join?

I was baptized and confirmed in the Episcopal church many years ago and
was Anglican briefly before joining the
Catholic church.

If your co-worker is sola scriptura, the Episcopal church having a liturgical form
of worship like the Catholic church, may not be okay.
 
He might not be thrilled that you’re joining a church that isn’t sola scriptura and that to many people looks just like the Catholicism you left. He might start trying to evangelize you again.
 
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If it’s relevant, then sure. If not, there’s no need.
 
I don’t understand why you are telling this to a bunch of Catholics. If you don’t want to be a part of the Catholic Church, why are you looking for advice from Catholics? Go to an Episcopal forum. I’m sure they’d love to advise you.
 
To be fair he is in the Non-Catholic Religions forum.

Nevertheless, I agree that it’s slightly suspect/ inappropriate for someone who’s a former Catholic to make multiple threads on CAF apparently gloating over his impending conversion to another faith and wanting advice from the posters here, who are largely faithful Catholics. He is not the only person lately to engage in that practice. I tend to agree that the OP and others who do this would be better off seeking out an Episcopalian Answers forum or similar.
 
No, you shouldn’t unless you have a legitimate reason too.
 
I was in a similar situation at one place of business where I worked. Both of the other guys in my department were ex-Catholics who had gone over to a fundamentalist evangelical church. One of them gave me a Jack Chick comic book which, IIRC, called the Pope the Antichrist. I never explicitly told them I was Catholic, though they could surmise that I was at least some sort of Christian.

When I was in the process of getting married, I had to be off work one weekend (yes, we worked weekends 😠) for the pre-Cana classes. I told my boss that my wife’s pastor wanted us to go to pre-marital “counseling” without specifying that it was Catholic. He had no problem with that. The subject of my being a Catholic never came up as long as I worked in that department. (I wasn’t in the position of being able to draw them out of their error back into the Church. Perhaps I should have given it a shot.)
 
Why would it matter about Sola Scriptura? You are both Protestant now so he should be happy.
 
I’m not sure if I’d bring the certificate into work, but sure it’s no issue if you want to mention that you ended up joining a Protestant denomination. I’m sure they will be happy for you.
 
In the US, it can be against the law to discuss religion or politics at work. This can create a hostile work environment.

So, you say “XYZ Corp is not paying us to discuss religion. Let’s get back to the TPS reports!”
 
Yes. Absolutely. He will be thrilled to hear it. It’s the rare Protestant that would be at all disappointed to hear your story.

What denomination does he belong to? Saying he’s Sola scripture means almost nothing.
 
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In the US, it can be against the law to discuss religion or politics at work. This can create a hostile work environment.
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That is blatantly untrue. Nowhere in the U.S. is the proposed conversation “against the law”. Where did you even get that idea?
 
The EEOC protects workers from discrimination with regard to religion. It is against the federal labor laws to create a hostile work environment.

Most companies have policies that forbid anything that would put the company in danger of a hostile work environment claim.
 
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