List of former Protestants 4071987 210815993 2008-05-07T14:52:28Z Terot 1125884 /* Ex-Lutheran */ *[[Wilhelm Volk]] This is a list of people who were, but no longer are followers of [[Protestantism|Protestant]] churches. It is organized by what church they left; when applicable, the religion they joined is mentioned. As implied it is limited to those who left Protestantism for a non-Protestant faith and so does not include those who switched from one Protestant denomination to another. ==Ex-Baptists== *[[Carolivia Herron]] - Convert to Judaism. [http://www.adherents.com/lit/sf_conv.html] *[[Gene Roddenberry]] - Television producer and creator of [[Star Trek]]. Raised Southern Baptist, denounced his former faith and became a [[secular humanist]]. ==Ex-Lutheran== [[Image:Swedish queen Drottning Kristina portrait by Sébastien Bourdon stor.jpg|thumb|100px|Christina: Her conversion to Catholicism led to her abdication]] *[[Louis Bouyer]] - Lutheran minister who converted to Catholicism in [[1939]].[http://www.ignatiusinsight.com/authors/louisbouyer.asp] *[[Ole Brunell]] - Lutheran pastor who converted to Judaism.[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132053873725&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull] *[[Christina of Sweden]] - Swedish queen-regent.[http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=SJxEw4nVDXQC&oi=fnd&pg=PR6&dq=%22queen+christina%22+sweden+catholic&ots=AAcA7vntt4&sig=5N1dXsnNe-ZRcVrH7UPrVii9f2I#PPA700,M1] *[[Richard John Neuhaus]] - Lutheran pastor who converted to Catholicism.[http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/1991/jun1991p10_706.html] *[[Jaroslav Pelikan]] - Lutheran historian who deemed his conversion to the [[Orthodox Church in America]] to be a "return."[http://www.svots.edu/News/Recent/2006-0513-pelikan/] *[[Ola Tjørhom]] - Norwegian theologian, converted to Catholicism [http://www.lutheranworld.org/News/LWI/EN/1142.EN.html]. *[[Sigrid Undset]] - Convert to Catholicism.[http://www.adherents.com/lit/sf_conv.html] *[[Wilhelm Volk]] - Convert to Catholicism.[http://www.jstor.org/stable/view/3165653?seq=9] ([[JSTOR]]) ==Ex-Methodists== *[[Sam Brownback]] - Converted to [[Catholicism]]. [http://www.adherents.com/people/pb/Sam_Brownback.html] *[[Kate Capshaw]] - Converted to [[Judaism]] to marry Steven Spielberg. [http://www.adherents.com/largecom/fam_meth.html] *[[John P. Greene]] - Methodist minister who joined the [[Latter Day Saint movement]] and became a [[Council of Fifty]] member.[http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=32c41b08f338c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=7dd19207f7c20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____] *[[Julius Lester]] - Son of a Methodist minister who converted to Judaism. [http://www.adherents.com/lit/sf_conv.html] *[[Arnold Lunn]] - Son of minister [[Henry Simpson Lunn]] who converted to Catholicism after initial opposition to that religion.[http://library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/cl143.htm] ==Ex-Pentecostals== *[[Duane Pederson]] - Leader in the [[Jesus movement]] who joined an [[Eastern Orthodox Church]].[http://www.hollywoodfreepaper.org/interview.php?id=3][http://www.svots.edu/Events/Orthodox-Education-Day/Articles/2001-Fr-David-Ogan.html] *[[Yahweh ben Yahweh]] - Founder of the [[Nation of Yahweh]]. [http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/classics/yahweh_cult/2.html] ==Ex-Presbyterian== *[[Scott Hahn]] - Former minister who became a Catholic apologist.[http://www.franciscan.edu/home2/Content/Presents/main.aspx?id=261] *[[Frank Schaeffer]] - Son of theologian [[Francis Schaeffer]] who converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity.[http://www.beliefnet.com/story/135/story_13586_1.html] ==See also== *[[List of former atheists]] *[[List of former Muslims]] *[[List of former Roman Catholics]] *[[List of former Latter-day Saints]] *[[List of former Christians]] [[Category:Protestantism]] [[Category:Former Protestants| ]]