[5] The intrareligious dialogue between Baucum and Johnston was highlighted in the Catholic Journal, Commonweal[6] and featured in the Easter edition of the New York Times.
[8] Baucum, who was raised as a Quaker, resigned from his position at Truro Anglican Church in November 2019, following his conversion to Catholicism.
[1] Baucum has cited the Reverend Eugene Rivers, Rabbi Marc Gopin and Bishop Shannon Johnston as influences.
[12][13][14] He has also cited Mistero Grand, an Italian marriage ministry, and its founder Don Renzo Bonetti as key influences.
The Polish government commended Gopin and Baucum and invited them to continue consulting and building up domestic church leaders to counteract the effects of Putin’s Christian Nationalist war on Ukraine.