During every annual Baha'i National Convention, delegates from around the United States gather to celebrate, reflect, and make decisions about how best to advance and serve the nearly 170,000 Baha'is in the United States.

The second century of U.S. Baha'i National Conventions began Thursday, April 23, as the 101st annual convocation opened at the House of Worship for the North American Continent in Wilmette, Ill.