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2021 - 2022
202- |
The One Year Plan
At Riḍván 2021, the followers of Bahá'u'lláh will embark on a Plan lasting a single year. Brief, but pregnant with portent, this one-year endeavour will begin a new wave of Plans bearing the ark of the Cause into the third century of the Bahá'í Era. During the course of this auspicious twelve months, the Bahá'í world's commemoration of the centenary of the Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá will include a special gathering at the Bahá'í World Centre to which representatives of every National Spiritual Assembly and every Regional Bahá'í Council will be invited. This, however, is to be but the first in a sequence of events that will prepare the believers for the demands of the decades to come. The following January, the elapse of one hundred years since the first public reading of the Master's Will and Testament will be the occasion for a conference in the Holy Land bringing together the Continental Boards of Counsellors and all members of the Auxiliary Boards for Protection and Propagation. The spiritual energy released at these two historic gatherings must then be carried to all the friends of God in every land in which they reside. For this purpose, a series of conferences will be convened worldwide in the months that follow, a catalyst to the multi-year endeavour that shall succeed the coming One Year Plan. [Ridván Message 2018]
Objectives
extend the time for establishing IPGs
consolidate the achievements of the 5 year Plan
embrace larger numbers
Draw on "untapped potential' to overcome any obstacles impeding growth-preparing for the demands to come.
Year of "profound reflection on the life of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the strength of the Covenant"
Still further advances in entry by troops
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* Teaching Plans; - Bahá'í World Centre; One Year Plan (2021-2022) |
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2021 Ridván
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The National Spiritual Assembly of São Tomé and Principe was re-established. [Ridván Message 2021 p8]
São Tomé and Principe was a secular state in which the freedom of conscience, religion and worship was deemed inviolable according to the constitution that was put into effect in 2003. However, religious groups had to register with the government. If a religious group did not register, it was subject to fines and possible expulsion if it was of foreign origin. To register, a group had to have at least 500 members. It is speculated that the National Spiritual Assembly had to cease operations sometime after this went into effect. [US State Department 2019 Report on International Religious Freedom: Sao Tome and Principe] |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Principe; Sao Tome and Principe |
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2021 Ridván
202- |
The formation of the National Spiritual Assembly of Croatia with its seat in Zagreb. [Ridván 2021 p8; BWNS1506]
Formally part of a regional spiritual assembly of Slovenia and Croatia, the left the National Spiritual Assembly of Slovenia with its seat in Ljubljana, Slovenia. [BINS317:2; BW93–4:82; BW94–5:25, 3–6] |
Croatia; Ljubljana, Slovenia; National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Slovenia; Zagreb, Croatia |
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2021 Ridván
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Core Activities: 2016 100,000 2021 300,000
Participants in Core Activities: 2016 approx 333,000 2021 2,000,000
Number of National and Regional Training Institutes in Operation: 2021 329
Number of participants who have complete at least one book in the sequence: 2021 750,000
Number of courses completed by participants in the main sequence of courses: 2016 approx. 666,666 2021 2,000,000
Number of Clusters with an Intensive Program of Growth: 2021 approx. 4,000
Number of Cluster that have passed the third milestone: 2016 20 in 40 countries 2021 1,000 in nearly 100 countries.
[Riḍván Message 2021]
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- Bahá'í World Centre; - Institute process; Core activities; Statistics |
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2021 Ridván
202- |
The formation of the National Spiritual Assembly of Timor-Leste with its seat in Dili. [Ridván 2021 p8]
The Timorese Bahá'ís were anticipating the National Assembly's election when the country was struck by Cyclone Seroja. Severe floods began on 4 April, bringing tragic loss of life across the country from landslides and mosquito-borne diseases. [BSNW1507] |
Dili, East Timor; National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Timor Leste, East Timor, |
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2021 Ridván
202- |
In its Ridván Message the Universal House of Justice lowered the age from 21 to 18 at which a believer may vote in Bahá'í elections while the age at which one could serve on a Spiritual Assembly remained the same at 21 years. [Ridván 2021] |
Elections; Voting |
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Canada
