I'm not sure when the beginning of my
conversion to Catholicism started. I was led by the Holy
Spirt through series of changes that made it possible for
me to accept the Roman Catholic Church with as few
reservations as possible.
I was brought up in a Southern Baptist Church. As a Master of Divinity student at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, in the 1980's I used to joke with the other female students about switching to antoher denomination more eager for women to be ordained as ministers. Well, in my thirties, I became a United Methodist. The churches and denomination welcomed me, but between struggling with finances and health problems, I never got to a Methodist seminary to finish my ministerial training.
And in the meantime, I visited a Pentecostal church with lifelong friends. We were just visitors at evening services for a long time. But after a year or so, the Methodist church seemed lifeless. My "career" wasn't going anywhere, so we joined an Assembly of God church. I really like the teaching about the Holy Spirit, but after several years in Pentecostal life, I was ready for more. The Pentecostal movement in the United States is less than 100 years old. There is more to the world of Christian life than you will find in the Pentecostal movement.I wasn't sure
where to go to church when we met a Presbyterian (USA)
minister's family through the local homeschool group. I
believe in going to church somewhere, so we went to our
friends' church. I joined their church telling them that I
felt in my spirit that this was just for a little while,
though. Sure enough, it was.
As a Presbyterian, I again looked into seminary and ordination. I was accepted to Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. They were very nice and cooperative, but everything went wrong that could, and we were not able to move to Richmond, VA. That was a very disappointing time for me.
To look for some kind of church work using the Southern Baptist education and experience that I already had, on a minister's advice, I went back to the Southern Baptist denominaiton. I found the denomination much more political than even 10 years ago. It seems as if many of the leaders are wanting to convert people to the Republican Party, as well as, to Christ as Lord.
On March 14, 1997, Dr. Murray Jardine, Associate Professor of Political Science at Auburn
I was brought up in a Southern Baptist Church. As a Master of Divinity student at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, in the 1980's I used to joke with the other female students about switching to antoher denomination more eager for women to be ordained as ministers. Well, in my thirties, I became a United Methodist. The churches and denomination welcomed me, but between struggling with finances and health problems, I never got to a Methodist seminary to finish my ministerial training.
And in the meantime, I visited a Pentecostal church with lifelong friends. We were just visitors at evening services for a long time. But after a year or so, the Methodist church seemed lifeless. My "career" wasn't going anywhere, so we joined an Assembly of God church. I really like the teaching about the Holy Spirit, but after several years in Pentecostal life, I was ready for more. The Pentecostal movement in the United States is less than 100 years old. There is more to the world of Christian life than you will find in the Pentecostal movement.
As a Presbyterian, I again looked into seminary and ordination. I was accepted to Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. They were very nice and cooperative, but everything went wrong that could, and we were not able to move to Richmond, VA. That was a very disappointing time for me.
To look for some kind of church work using the Southern Baptist education and experience that I already had, on a minister's advice, I went back to the Southern Baptist denominaiton. I found the denomination much more political than even 10 years ago. It seems as if many of the leaders are wanting to convert people to the Republican Party, as well as, to Christ as Lord.
On March 14, 1997, Dr. Murray Jardine, Associate Professor of Political Science at Auburn
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