Missionary Life

Golden Investigator

  1. Slang for a prepared, eager person who readily accepts the missionary lessons and progresses quickly toward baptism.

A "golden" contact or investigator is the kind of person missionaries hope for — open, sincere, and ready to change. The term is used with a mix of gratitude and wishful thinking.

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