Their conversion was brought about by the one and only divine plan of salvation revealed in the New Testament. Every member of the Church of Christ was converted to Christ by taking the following four steps. The first step was faith. In conversion the Holy Spirit does not work by a direct, miraculous operation on the heart. We recognize that faith is essential to salvation, but not faith alone.
Faith is the first step in conversion.
The second step is repentance. Repentance is a change of mind brought on by sorrow for sin and which leads to a change of life. Hence it cannot precede faith. After faith comes repentance. The third step is confession.