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You Converted to What?

One Mennonite's Journey

Gerald W. Schlabach

At Pentecost 2004, I made a small yet formidable step in my life of Christian discipleship. Having considered myself a “Catholic Mennonite” for years, I entered into full communion with the Roman Church and became what I think of as a “Mennonite Catholic.” Catholic friends were gratified but puzzled. After all, this might not have seemed an auspicious time to join the c (...)


 

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Gerald W. Schlabach is professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota and author of Unlearning Protestantism: Sustaining Christian Community in an Unstable Age (Brazos Press). He is cofounder of, and a longtime leader in, Bridgefolk, a grassroots organization for unity and dialogue between Mennonites and Catholics.

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