insists that, for Luke, gentile God-fearers and Jews constitute the church—that, in the narrative of Acts, apart from gentile God-fearers, gentiles do not convert.12 Accordingly, gentile conversion in Acts is less movement from one religious affiliation to another and more movement more deeply into faith commitments already embraced. (3) What is more, gentiles and Jews share the same status as recipients of the gift of repentance. As the apostles and other Christ-followers in Jerusalem announce,