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The Harvest of Converts

… to document, insofar as possible, information about the converts to the Church in the Three Counties from the 1840s. … was not complete or accurate, so the majority of the convert names used in this study come from journals and … to fulfill preaching tasks that some of their newly converted Latter-day Saint preachers had given up. He was …

Nicodemus: Coward or Convert?

… of Christ , 2:428; emphasis added. … Nicodemus: Coward or Convert? …

Appendix 1: When the World Will Be Converted"

… (Published as Spencer W. Kimball, “‘When the World Will Be Converted,’” Ensign , October 1974, 3–14.) My beloved … the kingdom of my Father!” (D&C 18:15.) If there were no converts, the Church would shrivel and die on the vine. But …

Cultural Differences and Converts in Yap

… on the stories of early Latter-day Saint missionaries and converts. Attention will also be given to the castes and … members, as discussed below. Antonia Siso Isao, the first convert in Yap, was baptized on March 18, 1978. Soon …

Missionaries and Converts in Illinois 1831–34

… and several others that same summer. There were enough new converts that the elders organized a small branch in the … Peck was in the audience, only to witness two more people convert to the Church. Elders Pratt and McLellin spoke for … killed at the Haun’s Mill Massacre. [45] Two others that converted in southern Illinois were Thomas Woolsey in Fayette …

Missionaries and Converts in Illinois 1835–38

… were then promised that if they did so, “many [would] be converted” (D&C 44:3–4). Soon thereafter, this revelation … 8,835 members. [4] That is an average of over twenty-three converts per missionary. There were probably some unofficial, …

Gathering Converts from the Land of Fire and Ice (1873–1914)

… weather. [7] Einar Eiríksson, one of the Westmann Islands converts of 1874, wrote of the spiritual preparation he … native land.” [31] As 1887 dawned, an article by Icelandic convert John Torgeirson outlined some of the salient features … the first decade of the twentieth century few Icelanders converted to Mormonism; those who did immigrated to Canada. …

Jonathan Napela

… is considered by many to be the most influential Hawaiian convert to Mormonism. Descending from royal lineage (known to … 1869. Assistance to Missionaries From the time Napela was converted, he was dedicated to building Zion in the Hawaiian …

He's Been Working on the Railroad

… offer a glimpse into the challenging economies of Danish convert-immigrants in territorial Utah at the intersection of … about the nineteenth-century gathering of Latter-day Saint converts from around the globe to Utah characterizes it as a … agents. [9] Of the approximately 23,500 Danes who converted to the Church between 1850 and 1920, the invitation …

Why Some Dropped Out

… community, the “long trajectory of transformation” after a convert’s initial act of resolve is often a difficult journey … [1] A fundamental reality emerges: it is one thing for converts to make commitments and embrace a new faith, but it …