“Webster says the verb, ‘convert, ’ means ‘to turn from one belief or course to another.’ That ‘conversion’ is ‘a spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction.’ As used in the scriptures, ‘converted’ generally implies not merely mental acceptance of Jesus and his teachings but also a motivating faith in him and in his gospel—a faith which works a transformation, an actual change in one’s understanding of life’s meaning and in his allegiance to God—in interest, in thought, and in conduct. While conversion may be accomplished in stages, one is not really converted in the full sense of the term unless and until he is at heart a new person. ‘Born again’ is the scriptural term”
(in Conference Report, Oct. 1963, p. 23).