Bermuda

 Bermuda
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Location of Bermuda
National AssemblyBermuda
Statistics:
Total Population
 -  UN 2021[1] 64,185
Bahá'í pop.
 -  Bahá'í source  
 -  Non-Bahá'í source 394
How to contact:
 -  Email nsa@bermudabahai.org
 -  Address P.O. Box HM 742, Hamilton HM CX, Bermuda 
Official Website http://www.bahai.org/national-communities/bermuda
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Categories: Bermuda • People

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.

History

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Bermuda was mentioned as being of importance for the Bahá'í Faith by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in the Tablets of the Divine Plan.[2] One of the earliest Bahá'í visits to Bermuda was made by Elizabeth Stevens in 1919. She received a Tablet from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá commending her for her visit and encouraging her to teach the Faith in the territory.[3]

Bahá'í pioneers moved to Bermuda following a message from Shoghi Effendi to a Central American Bahá'í Convention in 1953[4] and by 1956 the Bermuda Bahá'í community was large enough that the Local Spiritual Assembly of Hamilton was established.[5]

In 1957 a joint Convention was held for the Bahá'í communities of Bermuda, Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica at which a joint National Spiritual Assembly of the Greater Antilles was established to administrate the island communities, which had previously been under the jurisdiction of the National Spiritual Assembly of Central America.[6][7][8]

In 1970 Lord Martonmere, the Governor of Bermuda, signed the Bahá'í Marriage Act into law, which gave legal recognition to Bahá'í marriage in the territory.[9]

By 1972 two additional Local Spiritual Asssemblies had been established, in Devonshire and Pembroke, and Ruhiyyih Khanum visited Bermuda, speaking at a public meeting and recording a television interview.[10] A Bahá'í Teaching Conference was held in Hamilton from November 23rd to November 26th, 1972.[11]

In 1975 a Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds was secured for the Bermuda Bahá'í community in Hamilton.[12]

A goal of the Seven Year Plan, which began in 1979, was the establishment of an independent National Spiritual Assembly of Bermuda.[13] By 1980 Bermuda had five Local Spiritual Assemblies, with seven being required before the establishment of a National Assembly.[14] This was achieved and the National Spiritual Assembly of Bermuda was established in 1981.[15]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  2. ↑ http://bahai-library.com/writings/abdulbaha/tdp/sec-7.html
  3. ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 11, p 168
  4. ↑ Baha'i News (1953). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 270, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
  5. ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 306, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
  6. ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 1. View as PDF.
  7. ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 306, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
  8. ↑ Baha'i News (1958). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 326, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
  9. ↑ Baha'i News (1971). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 480, Pg(s) 13. View as PDF.
  10. ↑ Baha'i News (1972). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 495, Pg(s) 16. View as PDF.
  11. ↑ Baha'i News (1973). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 502, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
  12. ↑ Baha'i News (1976). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 545, Pg(s) 17. View as PDF.
  13. ↑ Baha'i News (1979). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 580, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
  14. ↑ Baha'i News (1980). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 594, Pg(s) 13. View as PDF.
  15. ↑ Baha'i News (1981). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 605, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
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