Like many of his parishioners, Father Richard Petranek came to the Orthodox church in search of the past.
After 30 years as an… [Episcopal] priest, Petranek converted to the Antiochian Orthodox Church and leads a new but growing parish in west Houston, filled almost entirely with converts to the ancient faith.
“Most people come for the stability,” he said. “The same thing that is taught today in the Orthodox church was taught 500 years ago, was taught 1,000 years ago, was taught 1,500 years ago.”
I feel this sentience sums the article up: “People are tired of the mixture of worship and celebrity culture,” said Frank Schaeffer, a writer and novelist who converted to Orthodoxy 20 years ago from the evangelical faith of his childhood. ”
This described my situation; I considered The Antiochian Orthodox Church, but shows like the White Horse Inn showed that all is not lost in the Protestant Church but with revivalist / What would Rick Warren do minded evangelical churches. I did leave the Conservative Baptist, for a Reformed Episcopal church and a more Orthodox Anglican Church when the Reformed Episcopal Church closed.