How often had Dearborne given this speech to prospective converts?

And in the 1790s Catholic missionaries circulated a book of calveras or skeletons as a grim warning to prospective converts.

They also share their experiences with prospective converts who are facing difficult situations the younger missionaries may not have encountered.

Father Alphonso's face lit up when he saw so many prospective converts.

He also was an important force in conversion studies for prospective converts to Judaism, individuals who would later come to be called, "Jews by choice."

They also removed a number of theological differences which had confused prospective converts among the Indians.

Yet he would keep the conversion threshold high, he said, so prospective converts would face rigorous tests in such subjects as Jewish history and Hebrew.

Rabbis in both movements said they now expected a flood of inquiries by prospective converts in the wake of the court decision.

Rabbi Richard J. Shapiro, chairman of the conference's committee on conversion, said the guidelines provided rabbis with a comprehensive approach to dealing with prospective converts.

By 1812 three communal families-East, Center, and West-had been formed, and a fourth, North, was established as a "gathering family" for prospective converts.