How To Submit Your Story
Share your conversion story with the world. Either type it into an e-mail, or better yet, create it in Microsoft Word and send it as an attachment. We can also use PDF files or external links.
E-mail your story to Steve Ray at sray@me.com.
To listen to hundreds of Conversion stories from EWTN’s Journey Home with Marcus Grodi, click here.
Another blog of Conversion stories here and here. Eddie Trask interviews with over 100 stories here.
Visit Why I Am Catholic for many nicely written stories.
If you find a bad or broken link, please contact Steve Ray at sray@me.com.
Conversion Stories
- 1 - Jill's Conversion in Poem, from Occult to Deliverance (6121 downloads )
- Adam's Story - troubled teen from non-practicing Catholic family (9141 downloads )
- Adrian Abeyta's Story, from Atheist to Catholic (9799 downloads )
- Alan Harris Story: Methodist & Holiness Couple: Why I Became Catholic! (5067 downloads )
- Alan's Story, part 1: Saving Private Chrisy: Vietnam Experiences to the Catholic Church (7644 downloads )
- Alan's Story, part 2: When We Walked with God (7049 downloads )
- Alanha's Story: Lutheran to Catholic (8073 downloads )
- Anand Mahadevan's Story: From Hindu to Christian (8317 downloads )
- Anastasia's Story: From Teenage Hippie Spawn to Devout Catholic (8130 downloads )
- Anne's Story: From Catholic, to New Age, to Evangelical and Back Home (7964 downloads )
- Anonymous's Story: Leaving Denominations to Find the Catholic Church: Explaining to His Sister (5520 downloads )
- Are You Saved? How a Baptist Kid from Gilmore TX became a Catholic Priest: Fr. Nolan Lowry's Story (6171 downloads )
- Ashley's Story - short story, no previous tradition mentioned (6420 downloads )
- Becoming Catholic - A Convert's Beautiful Presentation of the Faith (5703 downloads )
- Blackie's Story: Catholic to Baptist to Assembly of God to Catholic (7632 downloads )
- Bob's Story: Cradle Catholic, to political liberal, then conservative, now On-Fire Catholic (6955 downloads )
- Bonnie's Story: God is Sneaky! Lutheran to Catholic (7848 downloads )
- Brad Miner: From Skepticism to the Incarnation (4765 downloads )
- Brandon's Story: Non-denominational to Catholic (excellent discussion of Sola Scriptura) (9468 downloads )
- Brian's Story: Methodist to Baptist to almost Orthodox and now Catholic (7358 downloads )
- Brigitte's Story: Short Story of Seeker Finding the Church (6864 downloads )
- Carol's Story: From Methodist to Baptist to Catholic (7743 downloads )
- Catholic Warrior: Pentecostal and Mormon to Catholic (large file, with pictures) (10713 downloads )
- Chad's Story: Nominal Catholic Sees the Light (6920 downloads )
- Charles Lee from Malaysia (7401 downloads )
- Charlies Conversion Story (4708 downloads )
- Chris Aubert: From Jewish Sceptic to Catholic: Conversion by way of Abortion (9870 downloads )
- Chris's Story: From Nominal Protestant (6283 downloads )
- Christopher's Story: Calvinist to Catholic (13687 downloads )
- Dave Burchette's Story: Air Force Man: Southern Baptist to Catholic (6934 downloads )
- Dave's Story (6476 downloads )
- David Gray's Story: From Prison and Attempted Suicide to the Church (8612 downloads )
- David Lalejini's Story: Southern Baptist to Catholic -- through Iraq (7013 downloads )
- David Simmons Finds the Church in Abraham's Hometown while in Iraq (7025 downloads )
- Debbie's Story: Abuse to Eastern Religions to Catholicism (8425 downloads )
- Defender's Story: Iraqi War Veteran with Pentecostal Mom and Mormon Dad (9946 downloads )
- Delores' Story: Love Triumphant: From South African Pentecostal to Catholic (6758 downloads )
- Denise's Story: From Presbyterian, to Suffering, to Catholic (12708 downloads )
- Denny's Story: From Alcohol and Porn, to Illness to the Catholic Church (4372 downloads )
- Donna Ellis Story: Most Creative Award! Start at top right, read scrolling down (3113 downloads )
- Doug's Story: From Southern Baptist to Alcohol to Catholic (7410 downloads )
- Dudley and Diane Brossette's Store: Many Churches to Catholic (3785 downloads )
- Dustin Mantz's Drugs to Methodist to Catholic (7655 downloads )
- Ed Hara's Story: Fundamentalist to Presbyterian to Byzantine Catholic (7421 downloads )
- Ed's Story - Born Again tradition from the Philippines (8396 downloads )
- Elizabeth L's Story (6242 downloads )
- Farrell's Story: Letter to a Church of Christ Minister (7171 downloads )
- Filipino Explores many Cults, Religions and Philosophies before becoming a (4168 downloads )
- Fr. Bao's Story: From Chinese Communist Militant to Underground Priest (7183 downloads )
- Fr. Dan Bowen: From Jehovahs Witness to Catholic Priest (3936 downloads )
- Francis Beckwith, Dr.: From President of Evangelical Theological Society to Roman Catholic (4293 downloads )
- Francis Beckwith, Dr.: Important Interview Explaining his Conversion (16959 downloads )
- From Evangelicalism to Feminism to Catholicism: A conversation with Abigail Favale (4269 downloads )
- Gary's Story (6085 downloads )
- Greg & Tracie's Story (6435 downloads )
- Gregory's Story: From Communist to Catholic (very short) (6318 downloads )
- Gustav's Story: from Hindu to Catholic (10760 downloads )
- Hamas Leaders Son Leaves Islam for Christianity (10941 downloads )
- Heidi Saxton's Story: Evangelical Wanderer Comes Home to the Catholic Church (9655 downloads )
- Igor's Story: Baptist & Pentecostal to Catholic (6633 downloads )
- Isaac's' Story: Could the Catholic Church POSSIBLY be Christian? From Baptist to Catholic (7882 downloads )
- James McDonald's Story: Catholic to Brethren to Baptist and back to Catholic (6858 downloads )
- James McGrail's Story: From Catholic to Anti-Catholic Fundamentalist Preacher back to Catholic (9048 downloads )
- James' Story: From Assemblies of God (6808 downloads )
- Jana's Story (6112 downloads )
- Janjan's Story: How a Jewish Girl From Temple Judea Ended up A Catholic Woman at Holy Family (4352 downloads )
- Jaquiline's Story: Catholic to Methodist and beyond and back to Catholic (7098 downloads )
- Jay Damien's Story: Southern Baptist to Agnostic, to Atheist, to Catholic: Home at Last! (7805 downloads )
- Jeff's Story: From No Religion or Interest in God to Catholic (7263 downloads )
- Jeffrey's Story: Retired Navy Chief: The Soul Is Not Just Some Metaphysical Idea (6921 downloads )
- Jessica's Story: Strict Anti-Catholic Baptist Family to Catholic--good story (7609 downloads )
- Jim and Julie's Story: Born Presbyterian to Parties and Money, to Protestantism and then the Church (7329 downloads )
- Jo Vasa's Story (6017 downloads )
- John Rundle's Story: Episcopalian to Catholic on 9/11 (6471 downloads )
- JP Brown's Story: Southern Baptist to Catholic (12374 downloads )
- Judith's Story (6624 downloads )
- Karl from Detroit: From Lutheran to Catholic (5743 downloads )
- Karla's Story: From Sorrow to Joy (6113 downloads )
- Kathie's Story: Non-believer to Bible Christian to Catholic: Excellent Letter Protestant Friend (7449 downloads )
- Kathleen's Story (6260 downloads )
- Kathy Gavlas' (Della) Story (5857 downloads )
- Katie's Conversion Story - Innocence (5027 downloads )
- Ken's Story: Jewish to Secular to Unitarian to Messianic Jew to Lutheran to Catholic (6853 downloads )
- Kyle's Story (5880 downloads )
- Laura's Story Prelude to Fugue (7589 downloads )
- Layne's Story: From Southern Baptist to Catholic (6872 downloads )
- Lee's Story (6142 downloads )
- Leif's Story (6165 downloads )
- Lori's Story: Mennonite-Lutheran-Episcopal-Baptist (and more) & now Catholic! (5969 downloads )
- Lucinda's Story: Fundamentalist Baptist to Catholic (8689 downloads )
- Luke's Story (6375 downloads )
- Marinko Crnjac's Story: From Heroin to Christ (5364 downloads )
- Mario's Story (6503 downloads )
- Mark Hord's Story: Russian Reformation (6838 downloads )
- Mark's Story (5956 downloads )
- Martin's Story: From Alcohol and Drugs to the Church (7136 downloads )
- Marvin Cruz's Story (6147 downloads )
- Matt Enloe's Story: From Baptist to Catholic (13107 downloads )
- Matt Gibson's Conversion Story: From Lutheran, to the Dumps to Catholic (8275 downloads )
- Matthew's Story (6199 downloads )
- Maya's Story (5970 downloads )
- Melanie's Story: Catholic marries into Anti-Catholic Baptist Family (7532 downloads )
- Michael Hager's Conversion Story (3740 downloads )
- Michael's Story: From Sunni Muslim to Catholic (14532 downloads )
- Michelle T's Story (5991 downloads )
- Miguel's Story (10292 downloads )
- Monty Jury's Story: From Assemblies of God to Catholic (12226 downloads )
- Mormon to Catholic: History Led Me Out - History Led Me In (8306 downloads )
- Muslim Convert Tells of Baptism by the Pope (12443 downloads )
- My Life with God: Kristyn's Search for God and the Church (7705 downloads )
- Noah's Story: Ex-Mormon parents, now Baptist & Pentecostal, Raise a Convert (6942 downloads )
- Patty Bond's Revised Story: Includes Sexual Abuse story and about her brother James White (13189 downloads )
- Patty Bonds Conversion Story: Part II (3680 downloads )
- Patty Bonds's Story: James White's Sister from Anti-Catholic Baptist to Lover of the Catholic Church (7825 downloads )
- Paul F's Story (6170 downloads )
- Pete's Story (6234 downloads )
- Phill Bennetzen Story: My Damascus Road (7768 downloads )
- Pravin's Story: How An Atheist Speaking about Evil Brought Pravin to God (3748 downloads )
- Protestant Minister Flirts with Orthodoxy before becoming Catholic (11457 downloads )
- Rachel Marie Margaret Lewis' Story: From Evangelical to Catholic at 23 years old (3479 downloads )
- Randall Terry's story: Founder of Operation Rescue (9821 downloads )
- Rayment Vincent's Story: From Migrant Worker Catholic Background to Rediscovering the Church (10524 downloads )
- Rick from Iraq: Gravy and Grace (6679 downloads )
- Rick's Story (6030 downloads )
- Rick's Story (5732 downloads )
- Rick's Story: From Non-religious, to Episcolalean, to Catholic (6928 downloads )
- Rick's Story: Proof that God Exists - Troubled Youth to Amazing Discovery (6911 downloads )
- Rob G's Story: from Cocaine to Catholic (9206 downloads )
- Russ & Deb: Catholic to Wandering back to Catholic (7212 downloads )
- Russell & Bonnie Yount: Disciples of Christ/Baptist to Catholic (6728 downloads )
- Ryan Schmidt's Story (6765 downloads )
- Sandra R's Story - Read her way into the Church (8933 downloads )
- Scott's Story (6535 downloads )
- Sean Smiddy's Conversion Story: Pentecostal to Methodist to Catholic (6375 downloads )
- Sheila's Story (6842 downloads )
- Sherry H.'s Story (6104 downloads )
- Stephanie's Story: From Church of Christ to meeting a Catholic Frenchman 🙂 (9253 downloads )
- Steve Wilson's Story: From Fundamentalist Baptist to Catholic (6810 downloads )
- Steve's Story (6743 downloads )
- Story of Dustin Quick from White Supremacist to Islam to Catholic (7768 downloads )
- T. W.''s Story: Free-thinking from Protestant Family Finds the Church (6365 downloads )
- Terry & Tom's Story: Come and See - One Mass Was All It Took (6782 downloads )
- Terry Bohannon's Story: Conservative Baptist to Catholic (10087 downloads )
- Terry's Story: Money was not enough... Finding Christ through much pain (6676 downloads )
- The Church and I, Conversion Story of Francis Kang (8373 downloads )
- Tiffany's Story: From Mixed Background to Catholic (4696 downloads )
- Tiffany's Story: Going AWOL Out of the Christian Civil War: Baptist to Catholic (5834 downloads )
- Tiffany's Story: Going AWOL Out of the Christian Civil War: Baptist to Catholic (5926 downloads )
- Timothy's Story: Becoming Catholic at Easter (5882 downloads )
- Tisor's Conversion Story (7148 downloads )
- Todd Meade Story: Southern Baptist Liberty University alumni becomes Catholic (8373 downloads )
- Tom Smith: From Mormon to Catholic (8354 downloads )
- Walt's Story (6413 downloads )
- Walter's Story - Anglican & Evangelical (7209 downloads )
- Woodrow's Story: Fundamentalist Baptist to Catholic (6863 downloads )
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Very inspiring conversion stories. God bless them all abundantly. Happy easter.
Very strengthening! God bless you all:)
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I was just reading The Church and I, Conversion Story of Francis Kang and it is disturbing to read —
This “stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles” (1 Cor 1:23) of the “No
greater love” (that a man should lay down his lie for a
friend, Jn 15.13) confounds the worldly wise and the
hedonist crowd.
— lay down his lie?
Lovely conversion stories. God bless you all!
This is awesome!
Thank you very much Steve,
I am so glad to listen to your sharing, just like to bring it across to all my Chinese speaking friends, Religious Sisters and Priests in China.
Keep up your Good Spirit Steve, God Bless you and all your family members.
???? (Good health and happiness
Sr. Jo Ng from Singapore)
lovely conversion im a cradle catholic from the Philippines home to 75 million catholics in asia. thank you for inspiring stories to grow in faith. its sad that i live in a catholic country yet protestants are very anti catholic accusing the catholic church as the masterpiece of satan without knowing what the church really the church teaches.
Good day… Im much very happy to read some conversion stories. Most often Im hearing stories keaving the Mother Church. This site could give motivation to all lost sheep to return at the true church that Jesus built.Gid bless this ministry….
Steve, thank you for this awesome website. These conversion stories were inspiring and I feel so uplifted. May the good Lord bless all of you.
I read though Isaac’s story. “Could the Catholic Church possibly be Christian. From Baptist to Catholic.
I could relate with everything he said. From all the books he read and the experiences he has had. Down to being told to read “The Trail of Blood”. I am a graduate from Bob Jones University and grew up in a Fundamental Baptist Church and even ministered as well in them. I was a involved in a Pastoral Internship in on Fundamental (separatist) Baptist church. My own daughter told me that Catholics are not Christian. I argued that fact with her that they are and I was not even Catholic at the time. With my Bible studies from BJU, I had added much to my faith’s journey as I have come to understand more of the “fullness of the Gospel”. I have continued my studies in the Faith, having completed RCIA this April. God bless you Isaac, and Stephen Ray.
Telling our kids about porn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x_ijWnjcOY&sns=em
I know this is from the Mormon Church, but it is so well done I want to share with as many people as I can. What are we doing to protect our kids?
Hello.
This morning, as I was listening to EWTN Radio, I was riveted to hear your account of Jesus’ crucifixion. Your detailed and very emotional account was wonderful, but very, very hard to hear. He went through so very much for us. And for Him to do that simply because “he loves us” is sometimes hard to process.
I read your conversion story – you and your wife’s. I am a devout Protestant, “Saved” since age 6. In the last 10 years, Catholicism has slowly been calling me. I was in RCIA class in 2015. My darling fiancé joined me for class sometimes. He loved our Lord and was a “cradle Catholic”. For the first time in a long time I felt like I was “coming home”, even though a few questions still dogged me. I won’t go into the details, but I lost my angel, my life, my Damian unexpectedly.
To add to my intense and non-stop grief and pain, the leaders and fellow RCIA students completely dropped ignored me during the worst time of my life. I couldn’t believe it. Not one visit. Not one phone call. Not one E-mail or condolence card. Not even a call from the parish priest. I was very close to confirmation, too. I have no explanation for this whatsoever because all I kept hearing was “You are part of our family now.” This stunned and stung me to no end. I went through his death largely alone. (He was 59 and I was 47 at the time and planning to be married that spring of 2016).
After telling my sister recently how very hurt I still am over this, (she was raised Protestant like me in a Baptist church) she explained their behavior as saying “Catholics are not ‘warm and fuzzy’ but often very cold.” This coming from my own sister who converted to Catholicism for her husband and daughters! In any event, this completely soured me on pursuing my conversion. I just took that to mean that maybe Jesus wants me to stay true to my roots of Protestantism. After all, I did not want to be a part of a church that was cold and clinical. I still can’t believe how they reacted – or didn’t. Even my sponsor still can’t get over it. They treated her the same way – did not reach out to her at all.
Anyway, I am not E-mailing you to complain to you. It’s not your fault. It will be 3 years this June 18th. I can scarcely believe that. The pain is still so deep and unrelenting. Still, I, all of the sudden, just started to tune into EWTN Radio again after all this time. I hear so many nice people that seem so genuine in their Catholic faith. I can hardly believe the vast difference between my local Catholic church here in Anderson, Indiana and the people I hear on the radio. It almost makes me want to resume my conversion again.
But one problem…….I know that I know that I do not want to go back to that church to do it. I was hurt much too deeply. Do you have any advice since I will never go back to that church?
I don’t mean to put you on the spot. I E-mailed you to complement your Good Friday program, but any advice would be most welcome.
Thank you,
Kristina
The Beckwith story link seems to be broken. I get a 404 when I click the link.
STEVE RAY HERE: Thanks for letting me know. I cannot find the original link but here is a 1 hour 50 minute interview with him. http://catholicaudio.site/2017/09/17/fb-conversion/
I cannot find the original link but here is a 1 hour 50 minute interview with him. http://catholicaudio.site/2017/09/17/fb-conversion/