golden contact

plural golden contacts

1. MormonismA person who is predisposed or eager to convert to the Mormon faith.

   The Elders thought that he might be a golden contact.

   2015 March 31, H. David Campbell, The Soul Mates: Their Journey Though Time, iUniverse, →ISBN

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   Cleaver’s prominence, in the words of Mario S. De Pillis, made him the “improbable ‘golden contact’” for Mormon missionaries.

   2002, Newell G. Bringhurst, “Eldridge Cleaver’s Passage through Mormonism”, in Journal of Mormon History, volume 28, number 1, →JSTOR, page 108

   Golden Contact. A person who knows little or nothing about Mormonism, but is eager to learn.

   [2010 January 1, Steven A. Crane, Is Mormonism Now Christian?, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 126

   Already this morning, I have taught a 1st discussion to a new contact—a golden contact, too! You won’t believe this, but his name is Dudley Drane. Despite his name, he’s very interested in the Gospel. It seems he’s retired from the Air Force,[…]

   2010 May 28, Wendy Soria, Letters from a Lady Mormon Missionary, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

   He was what Mormons call a “golden contact” someone who literally is ready from the start to convert. My companion knew the lessons better, but periodically when a melancholy feeling came over him, he let me do the teaching.

   2015 May 7, Ignacio M. García, Chicano While Mormon: Activism, War, and Keeping the Faith, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 136