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By. Tracy Simmons as originally posted on SpokaneFAVS A Spokane Valley man joined Bahá’ís from across the country this weekend in Wilmette, Ill. to elect a new National Spiritual Assembly, discuss spiritual issues and celebrate Ridvan. Joseph F. Urlacher, the Bahá’í delegate for Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, said the 104th Baha’i National Convention was [...]
Delegates to the 104th Baha’i National Convention cast their ballots in a prayerful atmosphere today to elect the nine members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States. The individuals elected to serve on the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States are, listed according to the highest number of votes [...]
Leva writes about the extraordinary characteristics of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, the son of Baha’u’llah, Founder of the Baha’i Faith, in her Baha’i Blog entry (originally posted in Common Questions). “‘Abdu’l-Bahá was a global revolutionary. “How one man, in a lifetime lived mostly in exile and imprisonment, managed to affect so many lives around him and lead a [...]
Baha’is, like other U.S. citizens, will cast their vote in the upcoming general election, but they won’t be campaigning or promoting particular candidates for office. Partisan politics is not permitted in the Baha’i Faith, whose members strive to contribute to building a unified society in which problems are peacefully resolved through consultation, a non-adversarial form [...]
5th Annual Baha’i Choral Music Festival — Sunday, May 29
Nearly 250 talented voices from eight nations will sing beautiful sacred music in the 2011 Baha’i Choral Festival with two free public concerts on Sunday May 29th at Wilmette’s renowned Baha’i Temple. Rich harmonies and uplifting music will fill the 1,200-seat Baha’i House of Worship beginning at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Sunday. The Fifth [...]
After the delegates to the 103rd Baha’i National Convention cast their ballots in a prayerful atmosphere on April 30, 2011, the following people were elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States. The members and officers are listed below: Kenneth E. Bowers – Secretary Jacqueline Left Hand Bull – Chairman [...]
Baha’i National Convention begins
Delegates to the 103rd U.S. Baha’i National Convention are gathering April 28 to May 1 in the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois to fulfill two tasks. Over the next four days, the delegates will consult in sessions focused on themes from recent guidance from the Universal House of Justice, the international governing [...]
The principle of the unity of religion is at the center of Baha’i teachings. Bahá’u’lláh states that humanity is engaged in a collective growth process quite similar to the growth process of an individual: just as a person begins life as a helpless infant and attains maturity in successive stages, so humankind began its collective [...]