The Evidence Demands It.
I spent 29 years in the churches of Christ, from age 17 to 46. None of what follows comes easily for me.
Our rallying call in the churches of Christ is, "we want to be like the earliest Christians". We've ALL heard preachers say that in sermons countless times, and it's a great desire! We want to restore the church as Christ established it. We want to believe as the early Christians believed. We want to worship God the way they worshiped God.
If that's what you REALLY want, I encourage you to dig into this site. Watch the informative videos, and read the words of the Christians of the first and second centuries. Christians who came directly after the apostles. Christians who were taught by John personally and those whom they taught.
These are the MARTYRS.
These are the Christians who were EATEN ALIVE by lions for their FAITH!
All the information in this site is just a small sample of why I became convinced that Christ's Church had never disappeared and therefore never needed to be restored. The true Church lives today. It has always been there, as promised, as a shining city on a hill.
This realization did not come easily. This decision follows years of inner conflict, agony, and sleeplessness. After far too many years of kicking against the goads, I have decided to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church.
I believe that it is the ancient Church, the ONE Church established by Christ, and the Church holding fast to the pattern of the apostles.
To put it simply: The evidence demands it.
Receiving Christ in His fullness is something that I can no longer delay. This void in my heart and soul must be filled. Being prepared for my death and the transition from this life to the next was, is, and always will be at the forefront of my mind. Nothing else matters.
By the grace of God, I'm still alive, and we're living in a time when information is so readily available. It's harder than ever to suppress the truth of the faith or to misrepresent what it actually is and what it teaches.
I believe that we'll be held accountable, not just for what we know, but also for what we had a reasonable opportunity to learn.
The bottom line is that I believe it is the one true Church that Christ founded 2,000 years ago. I believe that it is the Church that serves as "the pillar and foundation of truth." It is the Church, guided by the Holy Spirit at its councils, that gave us the Bible. Anyone who believes that the New Testament is sacred and canonical must do so based on the authority of the Catholic Church.
I can't have Christ say to me, as I stand there trembling in fear on my judgment day:
"I gave you my life, I gave you my Church, through my Church I gave you the New Testament, through my Church I gave you baptism, through my Church I gave you myself in the Eucharist.
I gave you a visible, identifiable, worldwide Church guided by the Holy Spirit that has stood for two thousand years. But you thought that you could do your own thing instead? You thought that you knew better? You thought that you could be a part of a different church that was started by men in the 1800s? Depart from Me, I never knew you."
That's what kept me up at night for years.
I ask you to please join me in praying daily that all those who believe in Him can be united as one, just as He wills.
God Bless You All,
Matt
Please take time to click around the different pages on the site. Read the quotes, watch the videos, do your own research, and pray.