While reading an article at the Trinity Foundation website, I came across an excerpt from an interview with the Coming Home Network(CHN). CHN is a Catholic support institution for non-Catholic clergy considering moving to Catholicism. The except is reprinted below:
JR: How many Protestant clergymen have you helped to join the Roman Church?
CHN: Of these 839 ministers, 483 are now in full communion with the Catholic Church.
JR: What are the trends: Are the numbers increasing?
CHN: Yes the numbers are increasing. We have had a 34% increase of non-catholic clergymen contacting us this years as compared to last year.
JR: Is there any denomination that predominates in conversions?
CHN: The largest single denomination is Episcopalian, the second largest are ministers from the Baptist(emphasis added)
tradition.
JR: Which seminaries have these men been educated in?
CHN: We have not kept a scientific record of the names of the seminaries in which the ministers were educated. They tend to be from all over the USA and the world.
I can't of course verify the authenticity of those statistics, but I find them to be worrying. I am not by any means anti catholic. However, I do have a number of theological problems with Catholic beliefs. A movement of Protestant Ministers is worrying on account of those differences.
Hat tip to Wyclif over at Lollardy.
Posted by jeremy at December 10, 2003 11:38 AM | TrackBackPerhaps these ministers are realizing that there is something lacking in their versions of Christianity.
Posted by: Jon M. at December 11, 2003 02:04 PM