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Baha'is elect international governing body
Members of National Spiritual Assemblies throughout the world have elected nine members to the Universal House of Justice, the international governing body of the Baha'i Faith, at the Baha'i World Center in Haifa.
Read the full story and other reports from the convention at Baha'i World News Service.
A wondrous journey of reverence takes wing on a prayer
Lisa Blecker’s Blessed Is the Spot: A First Prayer Book with animated DVD transforms a much-loved prayer by Baha’u’llah into a multimedia experience that sends souls and hearts soaring no matter what your beliefs.
Baha'i elections take it to the top
On April 29, approximately 1,200 delegates from 170 nations will elect individuals to the nine-member Universal House of Justice, the international governing body of the Baha'i Faith. The election is held every five years at the Baha'i World Center in Haifa, Israel.
Decisions, decisions: Process makes perfect -- or close to it
Try to imagine, if you can in this age of contention, a style of group decision-making in which participants arrive at a decision that everyone accepts with grace. No “owning” your ideas. No hurt feelings. No battling, blame or sour grapes.
Sweet success in Savannah: As young souls blossom, their families follow suit
Ten years ago, Michael O’Neal started a program to help dispel racial tension in the Savannah public schools. Called Parent University, the Baha'i-inspired program has attracted more than 4,000 participants and earned numerous awards. Recently the city of Savannah hired Mr. O’Neal and his staff to help 100 at-risk families.
In a garden of Paradise, the Baha'i Faith takes root
What makes the Festival of Ridvan, celebrated April 21 to May 2, the holiest of days for Baha'is? It commemorates the anniversary of Baha’u’llah’s declaration in 1863 that He was the Promised One of all earlier religions.
Why Baha'i
Ed LaBonte
Athol, Massachusetts
Baha'i since November 2007
After being an atheist my whole life, I decided, as part of a midlife crisis, that there had to be something out there that was better than nothing. Secular humanists say you have to make your own meaning, but when you’re faced with a gigantic universe that doesn’t care about you, it’s hard to do.
Baha'i leader attends White House arrival ceremony for Pope Benedict XVI
Mr. Kenneth E. Bowers, Secretary General of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States, was among a small group of selected religious leaders invited to serve as ecumenical representatives at the arrival ceremony honoring His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI at the White House on April 16, 2008.
House of Worship restoration necessitates partial closing
To enable further restoration of the Baha'i House of Worship and begin construction of the new Visitors Center, the lower level of the temple, which currently houses the Visitors Center and bookstore, will be closed to the public for approximately one year, from May 19, 2008, to May 2009.
Abdu’l-Baha and the House of Worship
Abdu’l-Baha, Baha’u’llah’s eldest son and Successor, had a close association with the House of Worship even before it was built.
Louis Bourgeois: Architect of the House of Worship
In 1901, French-Canadian architect Louis Bourgeois confided to a friend that his mission in life was to build a temple dedicated to truth.
How the Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette came to be
Not long after the first World’s Parliament of Religions introduced Americans to the Baha'i Faith at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the Faith took hold and gradually gained momentum in the United States.
