List of former Protestants
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This is a list of people who were, but no longer are followers of 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.
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[edit] Ex-Baptists
- Carolivia Herron - Convert to Judaism. [1]
- Gene Roddenberry - Television producer and creator of Star Trek. Raised Southern Baptist, denounced his former faith and became a secular humanist.
[edit] Ex-Lutheran
- Louis Bouyer - Lutheran minister who converted to Catholicism in 1939.[2]
- Ole Brunell - Lutheran pastor who converted to Judaism.[3]
- Christina of Sweden - Swedish queen-regent.[4]
- Richard John Neuhaus - Lutheran pastor who converted to Catholicism.[5]
- Jaroslav Pelikan - Lutheran historian who deemed his conversion to the Orthodox Church in America to be a "return."[6]
- Ola Tjørhom - Norwegian theologian, converted to Catholicism [7].
- Sigrid Undset - Convert to Catholicism.[8]
- Wilhelm Volk - Convert to Catholicism.[9] (JSTOR)
[edit] Ex-Methodists
- Sam Brownback - Converted to Catholicism. [10]
- Kate Capshaw - Converted to Judaism to marry Steven Spielberg. [11]
- John P. Greene - Methodist minister who joined the Latter Day Saint movement and became a Council of Fifty member.[12]
- Julius Lester - Son of a Methodist minister who converted to Judaism. [13]
- Arnold Lunn - Son of minister Henry Simpson Lunn who converted to Catholicism after initial opposition to that religion.[14]
[edit] Ex-Pentecostals
- Duane Pederson - Leader in the Jesus movement who joined an Eastern Orthodox Church.[15][16]
- Yahweh ben Yahweh - Founder of the Nation of Yahweh. [17]
[edit] Ex-Presbyterian
- Scott Hahn - Former minister who became a Catholic apologist.[18]
- Frank Schaeffer - Son of theologian Francis Schaeffer who converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity.[19]
