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A Baptist Preacher Goes to Church: Part 2

August 23, 2012 By Fr. John 19 Comments

by Gordon Atkinson, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in San Antonio, TX Sunday I went back to Saint Anthony the Great. Jeanene and the girls did other things, which was fine with me because I was wanting to keep my thoughts tuned to my experience and prayer. I love my children, but when they are […]

Filed Under: Baptists Tagged With: baptist, Church, Gordon Atkinson, orthodox, preacher, San Antonio

A Baptist Preacher Goes to Church: Part 1

August 21, 2012 By Fr. John 21 Comments

It was like they were ripping raw chunks of theology out of ancient creeds and throwing them by the handfuls into the congregation.

Filed Under: Baptists Tagged With: baptist, Church, Gordon Atkinson, orthodox, preacher, San Antonio, St. Anthony the Great

The Willard Preacher

December 2, 2010 By admin 5 Comments

by Gary Cattell This is the first hand account of the Gary Cattell, The Willard Preacher, an Orthodox Christian street preacher who preached the Gospel at Pennsylvania State University, in front of Willard Hall. I’ve been a ‘fan’ of his for some time, and I’m very happy to be able to publish his story. Growing […]

Filed Under: Evangelicals, Featured, Pentecostals Tagged With: christian, convert, Gary Cattell, orthodox, preacher, street, Willard

Evangelicals Turn Toward … Orthodoxy

July 11, 2010 By admin 3 Comments

The Conversion of Fr. Wilbur Ellsworth By Jason Zengerle The ministry is a calling, but it is also a career, and, in 1987, a Baptist minister named Wilbur Ellsworth was given the career opportunity of a lifetime. After nearly two decades of pastoring modest congregations in California and Ohio, Ellsworth, at the age of 43, […]

Filed Under: Baptists, Clergy Tagged With: baptist, Bible, Christ, Church, convert, First, Fr. Wilbur Ellsworth, god, Illinois, Jesus, liturgy, orthodox, preacher, Wheaton

 



 

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