golden contact

English

Noun

golden contact (plural golden contacts)

1. (Mormonism) A person who is predisposed or eager to convert to the Mormon faith.
   • 2002, Newell G. Binghurst, “Eldridge Cleaver’s Passage through Mormonism”, in Journal of Mormon History, volume 28, number 1, →JSTOR, page 108:

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

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

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

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

     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, […]

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

     The Elders thought that he might be a golden contact.

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

     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.