From PROTESTANT PASTOR to Catholic (Keith Nester) | Ep. 430

Former Protestant minister, Keith Nester, joins the show to discuss his conversion. He also discusses his YouTube starting a channel, and the Rosary Crew.

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Keith's Links:
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@KeithNester

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:05 Wife's Faith History
3:55 Families Rxn to Conversion
6:10 Unhelpful Evangelization
10:00 Pilgrimage Experience
13:55 Leaving Ministry
16:30 Origins of Keith's Book
20:01 Conversion story
28:31 First Trip to Medjugorje
32:27 Protestant Seminary Experience
41:10 Being St. Peter's as a Protestant
46:10 Difficulty of Conversion
55:21 Becoming Convinced
58:00 Leaving and Returning to Ministry
1:05:00 Reconsidering Catholicism
1:09:00 Preaching Catholicism at Methodist Church
1:16:00 Meeting Steve Ray
1:21:30 Deciding to Convert
1:25:15 Intellectual vs Spiritual Conversion
1:33:00 First Confession
1:38:30 What's it Like with Non-Catholic Children
1:50:00 Ways to Witness with Daily Life
1:51:51 Over Spiritualizing
1:54:00 Results of Catholic Sermon Series
1:54:55 Intercession of the Saints
1:56:30 Rosary Crew
2:00:20 VanLife
2:04:30 Locals Rocks
2:13:50 Morning Coffee Streams
2:14:50 Distractions During the Rosary
2:17:30 Prudence in Conversion
2:18:50 Validity of Baptism
2:20:47 Ministering to Youth Well
2:22:22 Chaff and Wheat of Catholic YouTube
2:28:00 Motorcycling
2:31:20 What's Keith Doing
2:34:00 The YouTube Game
2:47:47 Criticism and Commenters

[davidthegood]

My wife and I converted to the Faith this last year, after living all our lives as Protestants. God is good.

[BillyBob-jggq]

Im a lukewarm church hopping protestant whos been feeling more and more called and convicted towards Catholicism. My husband is very understanding but is completely agnostic which makes it harder. Please pray for me.

Edit : 2/12/23
considering I get comments almost everyday on this saying you’re praying for me, I feel obligated to update you lovely people.

I went to my first mass yesterday, and will be going to RCIA soon! ❤️ thank you all so much for the prayers!

[clarastark]

My husband and I have our first confessions scheduled next week! We were both baptized as infants in the church but we never received first communion or confirmation. I am 33 and he is 35. Three days after our first confession we have our marriage communion together in one celebration!
I’m incredibly excited and anxious all at once!!

[JimWalston-JMJ]

Keith Nester is a legend. In one of his talks, he pointed out that with the times we live in everyone wants a new St Francis of Assisi to stand up or a new St Thomas Aquinas to correct everyone. Keith then got real passionate and said, "Friends, God didn't put them in this time! God put you! Go be the saint the world needs today!"

[TruthWins]

As a Protestant I'm feeling such a strong conviction towards the Catholic Church. The Holy Spirit has opened my heart in such a huge way! I kindly request your prayers as I continue to embark on this journey. ❤

[Dirty.Dan.]

Please pray for me. As a protestant I'm feeling so many of the same emotions that Keith expressed in this video. I feel The Eucharist and Confession are the two main things the Spirit is convicting me on, but my wife is opposed to the Catholic church. I have no one to talk to about these things. Keep me in mind when praying the Rosary.

[viviennedunbar]

I met Keith and his wife Estelle at a Catholic Conference in Iowa and prayed the Rosary with them and other conference goers. They are a very grace filled, kind, and friendly couple. May Jesus continue to bless their marriage and ministry 🙏

[annechildress]

❤❤❤As a former Methodist and now almost 30 year convert, this made my day. Thank you. I converted after 3 years in Rcia under Redemptrists and I was warned you'll be criticized, judged, etc. Oh boy. Deep South. No regrets in converting. My Dad converted first (former Methodist preacher AND a had to quit). Dad died last year. Mom converted too. I followed a year later. 1995. No regrrets. Love to all. Pints, Thank you.❤❤❤

[ClassicalProtestant]

I am a classical Protestant (as of now). I had the same experience with the gospel of Luke and the blessed mother. Exactly what Brother Keith said happened to me in 2023. I wept and was overwhelmed with emotion.

[ellamae]

I cried . Your wife’s testimony is beautiful. Imagine if that priest was not there at all and it was actually Jesus and He said “I have been waiting for you”. ❤ thank you Jesus.

[joechriste]

Two of my favorite Catholics on YouTube!

[annettechaidez]

I was born into a Catholic family that truly loved the Lord but I always struggled with making that faith my own. Hearing conversion stories always makes me realize how much of a blessing it is to have been part of the Catholic church since I was born and how much I take that for granted because without it would've taken a lot more time and effort to realize that this is God's church and I want to be a part of it.

[_eemjee_]

i was born and raised Catholic, i cant imagine myself converting to other denomination. i always attended the Holy Mass, but not until my Father died due to covid last Aug. 2021 that i decided to read the whole bible, CCC, and learn more about our faith through these yt videos made by faithful priests and apologetics. Now, i really can say that i am blessed to be a Catholic Christian and i thank our dear LORD for giving me the grace all these years. God bless! ✝️🙏🕊

[joshkellemen]

I grew up son of a evangelical pastor. Converted in college, fell away for a decade, came back a year ago, and then divorce process started four months later, finished four months after that.

Ive got primary custody and all three of my kids specially received in july.

Haven't been to confession for a few months now. Stopped praying that much (still went to mass, took kids to group) and wow, i have been sobbing throughout this video.

Thank you.

[realSeanMcMahon]

Very relatable, Keith. I’m a former Baptist minister — I remember preaching Catholicism on Sundays, and exactly as you said, I never called it that — just the Bible chapter and verse! You’ve inspired me to get back into Sunday sermons on YT. Thanks sir

[ghostofauntjemima]

Love this podcast. I was raised in Reformed Judaism, and I plan on joining RCIA at a local parish next week. I know the Lord is calling me to Catholicism, but I just wish I had more support from my Catholic friends. Not to be rude, but I would’ve thought my Catholic friends would’ve been more welcoming and excited in my journey towards Catholicism. It often feels like they don’t care. No one talks about the difficulties of converting to Catholicism from Judaism. It’s very isolating, and I sometimes wish my Catholic friends would understand/sympathize more with that. Thank you, Keith and Matt, for understanding the difficulty in this process ❤️

[tomhammond]

God bless all the wives who have to deal with their husbands who are on this crazy rollercoaster that inevitably lead us all home to Rome. I'm going through RCIA in one week and when my wife met me 11 years ago i hardly went to church. And now I can't stop talking about how amazing and beautiful the Catholic church is.

[catolicismosinfiltro]

That’s where I am right now.
I’m a Protestant writer / teacher. I have to teach at a discipleship meeting tonight.
My parents are Protestant missionaries. I kinda grew up in the missionary field in China.
Yet for almost a year I’ve been feeling strongly drawn to Catholicism. Each time I walk into one, I don’t wanna leave. I feel home. And I’m scared.

[coolcatbaron]

Medjugorje also brought me back to Catholicism. A lot of things happned. Among them my mom getting cured from stage 4 cancer, me experiencing a stop of my Tinnitus for a full hour after confession, and then later on experiencing the Holy mother myself at an apparition in Croatia after all the rhetorics in my mind would still want to lead to a protestant understanding. God is good. He humbled me, I was wrong about so much motivated by pride.

[bernardseeley]

Keith is 100% real. I love his love for Jesus Christ and our Blessed Mother. He is an inspiration. Love the passion he has in the Rosary Crew as well.