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A common endeavor: Building America’s Future
A message for all Americans, this livestream from the 2025 Bahá’í National Convention was broadcast on April 26, 2025. It explores the profound challenges and opportunities facing America today.
Photo of the Bahá’í House of Worship, Wilmette, Illinois
February Activities 2025
New weekly children’s classes begin at the Portland Center, and continue at the Beaverton Center! The service and celebration Days of Ayyám-i-Há begin February 24th! Everyone is warmly invited to participate!
Baha’i Principles
Some of the basic teachings of the Faith, as described in quotes from selected Baha’i texts.
Image: Illustration of Baha’i Basics book cover. Find print and e-book versions at https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Bahai-Basics-Revised-Edition-eBook-ePub-P9940
September Activities 2024
Monthly youth and junior youth gatherings begin this month in Beaverton! Please take a look at these and other gatherings to feed your soul.
Eliminating Racism Resources 2024
The Vision of Race Unity, America’s Most Challenging Issue - a statement by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Please see the post for this and other resources.
July Activities 2023
This month we will commemorate an important day in Bahá’í history: the martyrdom of the Báb. Photo: Participants ascending the terraces at the opening of the Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb, 23 May 2001. “Copyright Bahá’í International Community”
Power of the spirit: Black History Month event at Temple stirs hundreds
An exciting, collaborative event just took place at the Baha’i Temple in Wilmette, Illinois, and we can watch the video! Image courtesy of the Baha’is of the United States.
Roots of the Race Amity Movement in America
Race Amity is a movement that began in the early years of settlers arriving in the United States.
The Bahá’í Response to Racial Injustice and Pursuit of Racial Unity
A review of the Pursuit of Racial Unity by the American Bahá’í community, 1912-2021. Image courtesy of bahaiworld.bahai.org.
January Activities 2023
More discussions this month — see the calendar for many devotions choices.
What is real unity?
Today nothing but the power of the Word of God which encompasses the realities of things can bring the thoughts, the minds, the hearts and the spirits under the shade of one Tree.
Forging a path to racial justice: A message from the Baha’is of the United States
To create a just society begins with recognition of the fundamental truth that humanity is one. But it is not enough simply to believe this in our hearts. It creates the moral imperative to act, and to view all aspects of our personal, social, and institutional lives through the lens of justice.
