By David Gilchrist This article is taken from a pamphlet originally written in November 1993, and revised in 2019. The family I came from was firmly Evangelical and Protestant. I started life as a Presbyterian in Northern Ireland, and when we came to England, we worshipped first with Anglicans, and later with Baptists. It was […]
A Refugee from Buddha
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek… (Is. 11:10). In the province of Sichuan in southwest China there is the city of Chengdu. The locals, who number sixteen million, adore spicy food. Their favorite dish is […]
Anglican to Antiochian
by David E. Sumner The Anglican Communion, from where I came to Orthodox Christianity, consists of churches in 40 countries that grew out of the Church of England. The Episcopal Church—the American branch of Anglicanism—was brought here by English settlers 100 years before the American revolution. I was a member of the Episcopal Church for […]
“Satan doesn’t care if you believe in God or not. He wants to destroy you – and your family.”
I grew up in a southern Baptist household. Well, my mom was Baptist and my dad was agnostic. My church life wasn’t constant. We went through periods of church attendance and would fall off until my mom found a new Baptist Church that she liked. While all this was going on, I was becoming a […]
My Journey from Satanism to Orthodoxy
by James R Cummings On this roller coaster ride we call life, I have always felt like someone was watching over me, and now I know God has been there all along watching over me, guiding and protecting me. Because of my ego I took credit for everything, only to learn later on in life, […]