How Studying to Be a Protestant Pastor Turned Me Catholic (I Lost Everything) | Ep. 535
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CONVERSION STORY: After a profound Christian conversion during high school, Brandon Eaves set out to pursue ministry full-time, earning both undergraduate and graduate degrees at Columbia International University with the intention of becoming a Protestant pastor—instead, his studies brought him to the Catholic Church. Brandon shares the intellectual and spiritual journey that led to his conversion, as well as the devastating challenges it posed to his marriage, his relationships within the Protestant community, and the course of his life.
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Ha! "The prayer before the Hail Mary" is spot on and made me laugh. My husband and I are converts from Southern Baptist/Pentacostal backgrounds and I remember the first time praying the rosary hiding in my bed. Thanks for sharing your story, it resonates with our own on multiple points, I especially appreciated the "stages of conversion" because that terror phase is hard to explain sometimes. And thanks Matt Frad for all you do! You were the 1st Catholic podcast I listened to. :)