Word: converting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hrnicek says his attempts to convert otherstudents are protected under the First Amendmentright to free speech...
Intelligent and famous converts add credibilityto a religious group, Bauer says. "The morehigh-profile, successful, powerful a person is,the more attractive a convert they become," Bauersays...
During Bauer's stint in the church, leadersmade sure new converts did not have time toreflect on the major choices they were making intheir lives, he says. "We would plan things outand call it [the convert's] conversion calendar,"he says. "We had it scheduled so they had verylittle time to reflect on the momentous decisionswe were encouraging them to make...
Among Christians, the most remarkable development of the past generation has been the shifting balance of power between the shrinking mainline Protestant denominations (e.g., Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian) and the growing Evangelical congregations (including Fundamentalists, Pentecostals and Charismatics). Besides being in synch with conservative political trends, convert-minded Evangelicals are quick to shed traditions, holding Saturday- night worship, say, or replacing hymnals with song sheets and soft-rock bands. In many cities, they have built huge local congregations, offering every imaginable social service from counseling to fitness centers. John Vaughan, who tracks these Protestant Wal-Marts in Megachurches & America's Cities...
...regulation, sophomore Chris Grancio had a chance to win with a shot from the top of the key, but could not hit it. Then, at the end of the first overtime, fellow sophomore Kyle Snowden was unable to convert on a bank shot close to the basket with hordes of Tigers around him. And it was Grancio again at the end of the second overtime, missing a three-pointer in the waning seconds that would have given Harvard the lead...