Theocast
Why Are So Many People Going to Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism?
June 4, 2025
Summary
Why are so many people leaving evangelicalism and turning to the Orthodox Church—or even to Rome? When you talk to them, you find that they’re longing for a sense of sacredness. They’re seeking a spiritual experience. They want to know that their faith is grounded in something outside of themselves. We have a lot to say about that. In this episode, we’ll explain how we got here—the state of the evangelical church—and why you don’t need to go to Rome or the Greek Orthodox Church to find the sacredness and supernatural power of the Christian faith.
Topics
- Why many leave evangelicalism seeking the sacred
- Longing for spiritual experience grounded outside the self
- Finding sacredness without turning to Rome or Orthodoxy
Links
- More Than Forgiven — Justin Perdue
- Theocast Community
- Rest — free ebook on faith vs. faithfulness
- Partner with Theocast
Transcript
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Why are so many people leaving evangelicalism and going to the Orthodox Church or even to Rome?
Well, when you talk to them, you're finding out that they're wanting a sacredness, they're wanting a spiritual experience, they're wanting to know that their faith is grounded in something that's outside of themselves.
We have a lot to say about that.
And we are going to explain how we got here, the Evangelical Church, and why you don't need to go to Rome, and why you don't need to go to the Greek Orthodox Church in order to find the sacredness
and the supernatural power of your faith.
Stay tuned.
Hey guys, this is Justin.
Maybe you know that you are forgiven because of Jesus Christ.
But you're wondering: what does Jesus have to do with my Christian life?
How is he involved in my sanctification, even?
Or is he concerned at all with the ways that I struggle and the way that my life goes up and down?
Is there any comfort for me in Jesus when it comes to all of that?
Well, I've written a book called More Than Forgiven: How Being in Christ Changes Everything, that deals with this topic from Romans chapter six.
You can find this book at theocast.org.
Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ.
Yes, we're still doing that after like six years together, John.
We have conversations here.
Wait, we haven't run out of things to say.
On a weekly basis, we talk about the Christian life from a confessional, reformed, and we hope, pastoral perspective.
And really, what we're trying to do here is take the clutter off of the gospel so that Jesus is plain and clear, exalted, and extolled because that's the best thing that could ever happen for us as Christians.
