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Over the course a single decade, dozens of students, alumni, and professors from a conservative, Evangelical seminary in North Carolina (Southern Evangelical Seminary) converted to Catholicism. These conversions were notable as they occurred among people with varied backgrounds and motivations – many of whom did not share their thoughts with one another until this book was produced. Even more striking is that the seminary's co-founder, long-time president, and popular professor, Dr. Norman Geisler, had written two full-length books and several scholarly articles criticizing Catholicism from an Evangelical point of view.

What could have led these seminary-trained students, and even some of their professors, to walk away from their Evangelical education and risk losing their jobs, ministries, and even family and friends, to embrace the teachings they once rejected as false or even heretical? Speculation over this phenomena was rampant and, unfortunately, often dismissive and misguided - leading to more confusion than understanding. The stories of these converts are now being told by those who know it best – the converts themselves.

Thoughtful Evangelicals, Catholics, and those caught in-between, will benefit from the tales of these personal journeys, as well as the contributors' discussions of the primary issues they had to face: the nature of the biblical canon, the identification of Christian orthodoxy, and the problems with the Protestant doctrines of Sola Scriptura ("Scripture Alone") and Sola Fide ("Faith Alone").

Evangelical Exodus will be especially helpful for Evangelicals considering becoming Catholic, as well as anyone wishing to understand why many are doing so.

"Just when I thought I'd heard all the reasons why Protestants become Catholic, I encountered Evangelical Exodus. With depth and eloquence, nine seminary-trained Protestants explain how they were led by God to the fullness of the truth in the Catholic Church. From Middle-Earth and St. Thomas Aquinas to the canon of Scripture and John Calvin, this book has powerful stories of conversion from men who knew Protestantism inside and out, and yet became Catholic. This book has set a new standard for compelling conversion stories."
— Devin Rose, Author, The Protestant's Dilemma