He was apprehended for holding a conventicle. Their father was a pastor who founded his own Pietistic conventicle. Its implication transferred to a gathering, such as a conventicle or conference. This may suggest that they had already sought to form a conventicle or separatist group. Caffyn was several times prosecuted and fined under the Conventicle Act. According to Smith the mosque is a conventicle rather than an ecclesiastical institution. The Conventicle Act was repealed in 1689. In particular the Jama'at Khana (or masalla) approximates the status of a conventicle. The Conventicle and Five Mile Acts remained in effect for the remainder of Charles's reign. A cousin took him to a Methodist conventicle, and they read Wesley's sermons. Conventicle or "Seurat" is the typical religious gathering of the movement. The congregation of Durisdeer Church hold a Conventicle every year at Kirkbride. In the history of German Protestantism the conventicle played a part in Pietism.