Big-name Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) leader Richard Land had some sad news to share with the flocks last month: Jerry Johnson, a die-hard SBC culture warrior who held important leadership roles within the denomination, had converted to Catholicism. More than that, though, Richard Land had some opinions about this conversion. Read more
Tradcaths, a super-vocal, super-conservative branch of Catholicism, have been extra weird since Pope Francis died. I can see why, too: Most of them converted into Catholicism from extremely conservative hardliner evangelical groups, so they expect Catholicism to work like their old faith—just with extra incense and chanting. Nor do they Read more
In recent weeks, we’ve been looking at the Bizarro World of Catholic evangelism of evangelicals. However, that movement occurs in both directions. Today, let’s see why Catholic and evangelical converts say they are ‘crossing the Tiber.’ Along the way, we’ll see if we can’t spot commonalities in their conversion testimonies—and Read more
Sometimes, Christians start flailing around trying to figure out what their practice of Christianity is missing. I was reminded of this truth just last week while researching our Catholic evangelism topic. Along the way, I ran across a Catholic convert’s testimony. It contained the usual tropes of something being missing Read more
For years now, I’ve suspected that Catholic evangelists have been focused on hardline evangelicals. Recently, some hardline evangelicals began noticing that too. Today, let’s explore how Catholics are targeting this mission field—and more importantly, why. (This post first went live on Patreon on 3/28/2025. Its audio ‘cast lives there too Read more