Roaming Catholics: Ending the wandering to embrace the wonder

by Kenneth Behr

Was Peter the first Pope? Should Christians pray the rosary? Should priests be married? These are among the provocative topics addressed in Roaming Ending the Wandering to Embrace the Wonder! This thoroughly researched book presents the development of the Catholic Church in an engaging way to help Christians understand their common history shared by all. This history is not only fascinating, but also deeply compelling, revealing how the church has changed, adapted, and grown. Ultimately it reminds us that Christian faith is not grounded in denominations, but in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The apostle Paul referred to the church as the “Body of Christ,” not the “Body of Christians.” Rather than Jew and Greek, slave and free, male and female, he proclaimed all are one in Christ. With this concept of the unity of the Christian Church at its core, this illuminating book by pastor and theologian Kenneth A. Behr takes readers on a fascinating journey through the history of the Catholic Church. It’s a history that is common to all Christians, connecting believers of all shapes and sizes through a shared past. Did you know that penance was limited to “once in a lifetime” in the early church? Or that people often delayed baptism until their deathbeds? While things have changed, the essential beliefs of the church based on who Jesus Christ is and the centrality of the Bible have remained the foundation. Sharing his own religious evolution from a Catholic altar boy to an evangelical pastor, Behr engages readers with a parallel story to the evolution of Catholicism. This story of development and change ignites a sense of wonder about the resiliency of doctrines, teachings, and traditions that have remained relevant to generations of Christians for two thousand years.

228 pages, Paperback

First published February 27, 2015

About the author

Kenneth Behr is an author, educator, ordained minister and the founder and director of Faith Dialogue, Inc. a nonprofit faith-based ministry organized to promote the unity of the Christian Church through the proclamation of the essential gospel of Jesus Christ.

Kenneth Behr is a subject matter expert on church unity and history. His new book, “Roaming Catholics: Ending the Wandering to Embrace the Wonder,” targets the evangelical and Protestant market and addresses the differences in culture, doctrine and tradition between Catholics and Protestants. This unique book also answers questions such as “Should Christians pray the rosary?” and it has an extensive concordance of church terminology such as “purgatory” and “immaculate conception.”

He resides there with his wife Carol. Ken has been married for over 30 years and has spent the last thirteen years in ministry and was ordained by the Evangelical Church Alliance after a career in business. Ken previously served as the president of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) outside of Washington DC. The ECFA is an accreditation agency that establishes standards for financial accountability, fundraising and board governance, its members most of the largest and well known Christian nonprofit ministries in the United States.

Prior to serving in ministry full-time he had a long term career and assignments on three continents for Ford Motor Company ultimately serving as President of the Ford Financial Group in Mexico City. While in Mexico, he held the position of President and General Manager of the international subsidiaries of Ford Credit, Primus, Jaguar Credit and Volvo Cars Finance. At Ford, he held management positions in treasury, finance, systems and marketing, and served on a number of Ford mergers and acquisitions teams, including the acquisition of Jaguar Motors, Associates First Capital and First Nationwide Bank.

Reverend Behr received his BS degree in marketing from Bradley University in Peoria, IL, a MBA (Finance) from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL and a Master of Theology from Andersonville Theological Seminary in Camilla, GA. He has served on a number of nonprofit boards and also as an adjunct professor teaching international business, entrepreneurship and finance at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, PA and at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL.