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WATCH FORMER PASTOR ULF EKMAN, A SWEDISH BORN AGAIN CHURCH, FOUNDER OF WORD OF LIFE (A MEGACHURCH IN UPPSALA, SWEDEN), AS HE ANNOUNCED TO HIS FORMER CHURCHGOERS IN HIS CONVERSON TO THE CATHOLIC FAITH. livetsordplay.se/en/play.aspx?idClip=4211&cn=Sunday+Service Ulf Ekman Converts to Roman Catholicism 7:42AM EDT 3/9/2014 Jennifer LeClaire DURING HIS SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE, ULF EKMAN ANNOUNCED THAT HE AND HIS WIFE, BIRGITA ARE CONVERTING TO ROMAN CATHOLICISM. . EKMAN IS THE FOUNDER OF WORD OF LIFE, A MEGACHURCH IN UPPSALA, SWEDEN. EKMAN SAID: 1. “WE HAVE SEEN A GREAT LOVE FOR JESUS AND A SOUND [SOLID AND STRONG] THEOLOGY, FOUNDED ON THE BIBLE AND CLASSIC DOGMA. 2. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE RICHNESS OF SACRAMENTAL LIFE. 3. WE HAVE SEEN SOLID STRUCTURE FOR PRIESTHOOD, THAT KEEPS THE FAITH OF THE CHUCH AND PASSES IT ON FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT. 4. WE HAVE MET AN ETHICAL AND MORAL STRENGTH AND CONSISTENCY THAT DARE TO FACE UP TO THE GENERAL OPINION AND A KINDNESS TOWARDS THE POOR AND THE WEAK 5. AND LASTLY, WE HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH REPRESENTATIVES FOR MILLIONS OF CHARISMATIC CATHOLICS AND WE HAVE SEEN THEIR LIVING FAITH.” “ALL THIS HAS BEEN BOTH ATTRACTIVE AND CHALLENGING.” EKMAN SAYS. “IT REALLY CHALLENGED OUR PROTESTANT PREJUDICES [BIASES], AND WE REALIZED THAT WE, IN MANY CASES, DID NOT HAVE ANY BASIS FOR OUR CRITICISM OF THEM. WE NEEDED TO KNOW THE CATHOLIC FAITH BETTER. THIS LED US TO THE REALIZATION THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY JESUS CHRIST WHO LED US TO UNITE WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.” charismanews/world/43058-ulf-ekman-converts-to-roman-catholicism
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 05:01:29 +0000

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