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...rk toward entering the [[Mormon temple|temple]]. This push toward keeping converts active is called "'''convert retention'''" and was a major theme of [[Mormo He then outlined what is needed to help new converts stay faithful:

*Half of converts live in the West (53%), but nearly a quarter live in the South (22%), 14% l ...and nearly all black Mormons are converts. An additional one-in-ten Mormon converts are Hispanic, and just 72% are white.

...ar Preston, Lancashire, England, where Heber C. Kimball baptized the first converts in England]] ...re where early Latter-day Saints preached the gospel and baptized numerous converts.

Between 1855 and 1914, 410 Icelandic converts to [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain ...of the church was organized at Vestmannaeyjar on 19 June 1853. Many of the converts were baptized in the sheltered tidepools on the shore of Vestmannaeyjar, ou

:Although LDS missionaries began proselyting in Hungary as early as 1885, few converts joined the church during those early years. A branch of the church was esta ...monmissionaries.org missionaries] of the Church of Jesus Christ. The early converts had been counseled by Church leaders to gather to the United States and sub

...companies]], to reduce expenses. Once established in their new homes, the converts were expected to repay the funds in cash, commodities, or labor, with minor

...t church along with the power and authority to act in God's name. Many new converts had grown disillusioned with their own churches and were looking for that o ...der than eight can be baptized, and that is the case with adult or teenage converts. Latter-day Saints are only baptized once, unless a person is excommunicate

...ut he was endowed with the missionary spirit; his natural work was to make converts to the cause of God. While in the surveying field, he carried an old Bible ...rth. The similarity between his teachings and those of the Elders, led his converts, whom he denied baptism, to send for the Elders. The people investigated, w

...enced seven reported visions. Rather than join any of the faiths vying for converts in the region, he felt he wanted to reclaim a faith in the ancient, origina ...faith. She exercised charity both in emotional and material ways, feeding converts who arrived without food, finding housing, and managing other women's child

...grated from Great Britain. Jones continued to captain his ship, and hauled converts to the church, hauled freight for building the [[Nauvoo Temple]], and preac ...om late 1844 to February 1849, when they traveled with more than 300 Welsh converts who were immigrating. The first Welsh-speaking branch was organized in Coun

...complexity of this vast region of the globe - whether they are leaders and converts living and serving in Africa, or those who journey to Salt Lake City, Utah,

...ue for parents with small children, Primary children, elderly members, new converts, and others. ...reater gospel joy—to parents, children, youth, singles, the elderly, new converts, and those people the missionaries are teaching—through a home-centered,

...s old convictions, repents of sins, and enters the waters of [[baptism]]. Converts contribute much to their congregations, because of their experience. They Most converts begin their journey to membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter D

...ve under the direction of the [[ward mission leader]], often teach the new converts very shortly after their [[baptism]].

...he [[Pearl of Great Price]] in 1851 at the request of new Latter-day Saint converts in Britain. The Pearl of Great Price is one of the four works that comprise ...ld come, and Enoch even calls him by his name, Jesus Christ. Enoch and his converts build a city, "And the Lord called his people ZION, because they were of on

...[[1837]], the first branch outside of the United States, made up of 28 new converts, was created. The Church in the area grew quickly and by October 1837, it w

...ar]] more often. Richards organized new branches to accommodate the 16,000 converts won during his ministry. He also organized conferences and meetings. The br ...European mission, which include Scandinavia. The following year over 3400 converts were won in England alone, and most emigrated to Utah. He returned to Utah

...hing children and converts. However, any cultural transition is difficult. Converts to the Church of Jesus Christ face the same difficulty, since the Church fo

...sion. In May, 1862, he began his journey home accompanied by more than 800 converts and emigrants. He finally returned home to his young wife and child nearly ...itzerland and France. He returned in 1875 bringing with him a group of 300 converts.

President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] taught that new converts to [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain ...some four decades since Elder Zeballos was counted among the Church's "new converts." From the beginning, he's been the beneficiary of faithful friends, wise p

...after he had challenged members to make a special effort to fellowship new converts to the Church. [http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/accra/ He told the members] ...eople present at the announcement of the temple had been some of the first converts in Ghana, and most expressed their amazement at how far the Church had come

...later served a mission to Salem, Massachusetts, where he baptized several converts including Nathaniel Ashby, a man with whom he shared a duplex when they bot ...get many church members who had stayed in the east as well as many recent converts to move to Utah.

...ience of some of those in the Martin handcart company. Many of these early converts had emigrated from Europe and were too poor to buy oxen or horses and a wag ...Church and its leaders was being indulged in for permitting any company of converts to venture across the plains with no more supplies or protection than a han

...g, the [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies|Willie handcart company]] of converts to [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain ...ah Territory in 1847, and the leadership of the Church encouraged the many converts from the British Island and Europe to immigrate to Utah. Many paid their ow

...an male. Likewise, in the early days of the Church, there were more female converts than male. [http://mormon-polygamy.org/ Polygamy] enabled these women to ha ...These groups often withdraw into isolated communities and seldom gain new converts. This leads to intermarrying of close relatives and has caused heightened b

:In the 1960s, several Congolese converts who had been baptized outside the country returned to their homeland and be :Although legal registration took nearly seven years, early converts met together in small groups and shared their faith with neighbors. When th

...icant responsibilities of leadership and missionary work. By 1977 most new converts had been introduced to the gospel by other members."[https://newsroom.churc

...to the gospel. The success of these early missionaries brought a flood of converts from the British Isles. Many of those converts immigrated to the United States, taking with them their strengths and talen

...he Restored Gospel to people in Santa Catarina who spoke German. The first converts joined the Church in Brazil in 1929. The first Latter-day Saint meetinghous

...e requirements of a new life. He said, "With the ever-increasing number of converts, we must make an increasingly substantial effort to assist them as they fin

...that every member of the Church is a missionary, and some of our choicest converts are found within the walls of our own home,” said Sister Amy A. Wright, f ...ators for conversion (“Lessons with a Member Participating” and “New Converts Attending Sacrament Meeting”). These new indicators are intended to help

...fjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/iceland] Resulting Icelander converts to the Church were baptized in the Mormon Pond and from 1854 to 1914, they ...cials gathered at Mormon Pond on June 30, 2000, and honored 410 Icelanders converts with a dedication of a monument.

...urch feel a tremendous debt of gratitude to these people. In a sense, even converts to the Church whose ancestors weren't pioneers feel that these pioneers are ...ntier” (''MD'', p. 513). And so they did. From all over the world Mormon converts gathered to go to the land of Zion.

:In the 1960s, several Congolese converts who had been baptized outside the country returned to their homeland and be :Although legal registration took nearly seven years, early converts met together in small groups and shared their faith with neighbors. When th

...in the Eastern United States and Europe brought a steady influx of Mormon converts to the Mormon communities; the population continued to grow, and settlement

...largest church in the United States. Worldwide, there are nearly 300,000 converts a year plus growth through members having families.

In areas where there is no baptismal font available, Mormons believe that converts can be baptized in any body of water that is large enough for them to be fu

*[http://www.mormonconverts.com/ Mormon Converts – Conversion stories from people who joined the Church]

Emigration of Mormon converts declined in the 1950s, which helped the church’s growth in Australia. The

*Converts baptized =272,330

The first Mormon missionaries arrived in August 1956. The number of Mormon converts grew as missionaries shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ and by 1959, five co

...Jesus Christ is built, it follows that these are the first steps taken by converts to the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. After faith and repentance, a perso

...icularly significant to members of the Church of Jesus Christ. Millions of converts have joined the Church because they were honest and sincere in their effort

The symbolism involved in the baptism invites new converts and others observing the ordinance to reflect on its meanings. More specifi

...d so as ''not'' to encroach on family time. Sometimes, when a person first converts to the Church, family members and friends revile and abandon him or her. Th

...themselves. The prophet [[Alma]] explained this covenant to a group of new converts who wanted to be baptized. He observed that their desire to "come into the

...d the same. Drusilla Hendricks and her family were among those who, as new converts, suffered during the persecution of the Saints in Clay County, Missouri. He

..."born of water," because the Jews practiced ritual immersion, not only for converts, but for cleansing after periods of uncleanness, and for holiday preparatio

...e various sects of Christianity held revivals and tent meetings, vying for converts. [http://www.prophetjosephsmith.org Joseph Smith] was then fourteen years

.... Persons of this persuasion, including learned men who became influential converts to Christianity, had a hard time accepting the simple teachings of early Ch

...sues, and gain entrance into homes. These opened doors in turn led to more converts, the construction of many chapels, and, in 1960, the organization of severa

...repent of wrongdoing. Children age eight (and teens and adults who are new converts) may repent and be baptized. Baptism is not to be entered into lightly. It

...and made the trek west toward Utah. William Bickerton was one of the first converts to this group in Pittsburgh. He became a leader in the group, and then, aft

New converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the early 1800s were

...conclusion of his Canadian mission in 1838, John led the main body of his converts to join the Saints in Missouri. They arrived during the period of vicious a

...rist who "told their friends of their faith, and several baptisms of adult converts were the results." <ref>http://mormonhistoricsites.org/wp-content/uploads/2

She was one of the earliest converts to [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain

She was born on April 8, 1849, in Kanesville, Iowa. Her parents were converts to [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain

...33, and there was a lot of unrest in Independence, Missouri. More and more converts had settled in the area, and nonmember neighbors wanted the Saints to leave

...e “Anderson Plan” and helped his mission be the first to baptize 1,000 converts in a year. Within a few years, over 10,000 copies of his plan were printed

...her churches repeatedly tried to persuade Johnson and the other unbaptized converts to abandon the Latter-day Saints. In the spring of 1978, Johnson prepared w

Abraham served another mission in 1851, this time to England. He brought converts back to the U.S. through the [[Perpetual Emigration Fund]]. On the trek to

The home belonged to John and Elsa Johnson, converts to the Church in the spring of 1831. They bought the 100 acres in 1818 and

...on known as Akwesasne. Both of her parents, Cecil and Barbara Garrow, were converts to [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain

...d handcart, May focused on the voyage as an element that prepared European converts to forge an Latter-day Saint community identity.

...erson]] where the missionaries put on a kind of variety show for potential converts. Summers did a very successful magic act, followed by a ventriloquist act

Both the Amoses are converts to the Church of Jesus Christ. She was baptized at age 11. Their first date

...themselves, their population was quickly growing as the Church gained new converts, and Mormons as a group were anti-slavery.

...e Church to Hawaii, then called the Sandwich Islands. One of Cannon's many converts, Jonatana Napela, helped Cannon translate the [[Book of Mormon]] into Hawai

...oot, without purse of scrip, holding numerous meetings, and making several converts.

...ching-viral-Mormon-family-from-Idaho.html?pg=all Young couple from Holland converts to LDS Church after watching Mormon family's viral videos]</ref>

...has expanded far beyond friends and family. They also want to help recent converts who feel a little out of place in a new LDS culture, as they did.

'''John Albert Scorup''', known as both J.A. or Al, was the son of Danish converts to [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain

...memorative sea voyage marking the 150th anniversary of the journey of many converts to [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain

...from Australia as well and from several places in the United States. Many converts became great leaders in the Church.

:Six weeks after the Hochstetlers joined the Church, the converts felt prompted to approach another couple about the gospel, and the couple t

:The most distressing change for the converts came in the loss of the community and family that had supported them their

...sually eight-year-old children are confirmed on the day they are baptized. Converts are typically confirmed in sacrament meeting. [https://abn.churchofjesuschr

...outh Africa Temple: Connections with Zulu royal family, members, youth and converts]

...happiness without service, and there is no greater service than that which converts the home into a divine institution, and which promotes and preserves family

...he Church of Jesus Christ. Reason for the publication was the request from converts for further information about the Church.

Like many converts, he was cast out from his parents’ home because of his conversion.  He w

...of Jesus Christ increased as Standing and other elders increasingly gained converts in rural areas in North Georgia.

...[Parley P. Pratt]] (1836) served missions to Upper Canada. Among Pratt’s converts were Isabella Walton, [[John Taylor|John and Leonora Taylor]], [[Joseph Fie

...ilee. As Jones prepared to take a group of over three hundred Welsh Mormon converts to America, he appointed Davis as his successor in the printing operations

...Utah|Fillmore]]. The city's population swelled with an influx of religious converts, making it one of the most populous cities in the American West.

...mong the long-persecuted Waldensian sect of Christianity. He did win a few converts, who migrated to Utah. Elder Snow's mission lasted three years. He visited

...s. He was denied an extension so he could take a group of Latter-day Saint converts to the [[Hamilton New Zealand Temple]]. He flew home, and shortly after mar

...hire, January 8, 1809&ndash; St. George, Utah, October 11, 1884) were also converts to the Church of Jesus Christ.<ref name="Ancestry of Mitt Romney"/> Romney'

...the true gospel of Jesus Christ as he had come to understand it. His first converts came just four days after his own conversion—his father, a sister, and tw

...they were baptized members of the Church—some of the first Scandinavian converts. He shared the gospel with his fellow workers, but when his employer found

:A core tenet of our faith is the importance of education. Many early Church converts in the 1830s were poor and uneducated, and their conversion to the gospel o

...art of the Campbellites under [[Sidney Rigdon]]. Morley invited many early converts to live on [[Morley Farm|his 80-acre farm]]. He offered his home to [[Josep

...f the Campbellites under [[Sidney Rigdon]]. The Morleys invited many early converts to live on his 80-acre farm. His farm served as the principle gathering pla

...upport them and their children financially, as there were many more female converts to the Church than male.

...rocess of Mormon emigration began in the 1840s and assisted 5,000 European converts in migrating to [[Nauvoo]], Illinois. Beginning in 1846, the Church organiz

...cts sponsored tent meetings and revivals, and they competed vigorously for converts.

...] to Great Britain in 1837 to 1838 was successful in bringing thousands of converts to the faith. Orson Hyde was the first missionary to continental Europe, an

...and was baptized that day by [[Oliver Cowdery]]. In May 1831 he led fifty converts from Palmyra to Kirtland, Ohio. When Harris moved to Kirtland, Ohio, his wi

...rists called by Brigham Young, including 30 Swiss families who were church converts, many of whom were winemakers. Walter E. Dodge, known as "the father of the

...60s. At that time, non-Catholic religious ceremonies were illegal, so most converts traveled to France to be baptized. The Church in Spain grew as new members

...atholic, the Church of Jesus Christ grew quite slowly at first, with early converts being pressured from others to give up their faith. But, with the strong mi

...lands. On October 1, 1861, near the village Broek bij Akkerwoude the first converts to the Church of Jesus Christ in the Netherlands were baptized. People from

...alaufuli where he was successful in organizing a [[Branch|branch]] with 32 converts. Missionary work opened on the main island of Tongatapu on 17 March 1911, a

...rededicated on October 16, 2022, after renovations. The first New Zealand converts to the Church of Jesus Christ were baptized in 1853. Shortly afterward, mis

...missionaries]] did not arrive in Brazil until the 1920s. Most of the early converts in Brazil were German immigrants coming to Brazil after World War I. In 193

The first two Latter-day Saint converts in Brazil were baptized in 1929. Now there are over 1.4 million members of

...and preached in villages north of the St. Lawrence River. In January 1832, converts [[Brigham Young|Brigham]] and Phineas Young went to Upper Canada to convinc

...ssionaries]] were sent to the area in 1918. However there were many strong converts from Quebec as early as the 1830s who immigrated to the United States to be

...rea. A month later, seven missionaries were called to the area. Many early converts to the Church in Manitoba immigrated to areas with greater Church membershi

...ascarene Islands Mission, who visited near the end of 1990. The first five converts were baptized during this visit.[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/f

...e private ventures. As The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints won converts abroad, immigrants began arriving from Europe. Self-sufficiency was greatly

...us being a little handful of members now that could become a great army of converts to the Church with hundreds and then thousands and beyond that, tens of tho

...forts of both North American [[Missionaries|missionaries]] and new English converts. Many English Latter-day Saints immigrated to the United States with the he

...one hundred years after the arrival of the missionaries. Most of the first converts in New Zealand were of Maori or Polynesian descent. Since then, however, th

*Circumcision would not be required of converts to the Church of Christ. Again, by revelation, Christ's apostles determined

...ople envision Latter-day Saint missionaries going door to door looking for converts, but their responsibilities required maturity, knowledge, and wisdom. Missi

.... Such ads were meant to enhance family life and were not aimed at drawing converts. These were messages for husbands, wives, and parents.

...ionary couple [[Kenneth Beesley|Kenneth]] and Donna Beesley. The first two converts—Lamjav Purevsuren and Tsendkhuu Bat-Ulzii—were baptized February 6, 199 ...ery actively. Every tenth member of the Church is serving a mission. Older converts are attending [http://institute.lds.org institute] to make up for lost time

...ed to a personal-record time of 3:37.92 in a 1,500-meter track race (which converts to a 3:55 mile)."[https://www.deseret.com/sports/2023/7/4/23782758/conner-m

...cal, the [[Mormon Missionaries|Mormon or Latter-day Saint missionary]] who converts the Ugandans does so without a real knowledge of the scripture he is teachi

During the 19th century, more than 52,000 converts emigrated from Britain to join the main body of The Church of Jesus Christ

...fornia were sent to labor in the Washington and Oregon territories. Enough converts joined to form a congregation along the Lewis River.

...Mormon Battalion]], others were recently freed slaves, and others were new converts from the Southern United States. Despite their differences, their faith uni

...[1831]], Joseph Smith arrived in Kirtland and greeted the new [[Conversion|converts]]. Immediately, he and the other leaders began organizing and ordering the

...s was the port of entry to the United States for most of the early British converts of the Church. Between 1840 and 1855, around 18,500 members crossed the oce

...ns on the Little Colorado River in New Mexico. They baptized more than 100 converts. Many Church settlements in New Mexico absorbed refugees from the Latter-da

...ot only for refuge from the pogroms in Missouri, but as a new home for new converts. Thousands sailed the Atlantic from Europe to join the Saints in Nauvoo. Ev

...High School. His fourth great-grandfather, Kaleohano, was one of the first converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii. He was taught

...meetings were held by many Protestant sects with a fervent effort to gain converts. There were many variations of Protestant doctrine. The Protestant movement

...vivals, proselyted with zeal, and competed vigorously with other sects for converts. This excitement brought divisions in the community and even in his family.

...Jesus Christ related the following about one of the early Latter-day Saint converts in Africa: