What happens when an evangelical pastor realises the Catholic Church might actually be the Church Christ founded?
In this powerful conversation, Mark Saunders shares his remarkable journey from Irish Catholic childhood to evangelical ministry, to becoming a Protestant pastor who openly taught that Catholics were deceived and “caught in bondage” .

He speaks about the years he spent preaching that the Pope might be the Antichrist, the Catholic Church heretical, and that Catholics wouldn’t be taken in the rapture . But beneath his ministry success, Mark battled depression, addiction, suicidal thoughts, and a deep spiritual restlessness.

Then everything changed.
A moment of crisis, a surprising encounter with Christ, and a growing attraction to the early Church Fathers, the Eucharist, and the truth of Catholic teaching slowly dismantled the worldview he had built his life on.

Mark’s testimony is raw, honest, and deeply moving — from his first hesitant steps into a Catholic church after 36 years away, to the moment he received the Eucharist again and felt, “These are my people.”

**Mark said we could keep the song at the end :D

If you’ve ever wondered why someone would leave evangelical ministry for the Catholic Church, you will not forget this episode.

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