Bogotá

Bogotá
City in Colombia
Bahá'í community of Bogotá with Dorothy Baker (seated, second from right), 1944.
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 -  Local Assembly 1944 
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Bogotá is the capital city of Colombia.

History

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Bogotá was opened to the Bahá’í Faith by Gerrard Sluter who moved to the city in 1940.[1][2] Shortly after arriving he was visited by Emeric and Rosemary Sala.[3] In 1942 Ruth Shook pioneered to the city,[4] and she was joined by Winnifred Baker the following year.[5]

As of January 1944 six Colombians had become Bahá’ís in Bogotá,[6] and the Local Spiritual Assembly of Bogotá was established that year.[7] In 1946 the Bogotá Assembly became the first Assembly in South America to be legally incorporated.[8]

References

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  1. ↑ Baha'i News (1940). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 139, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  2. ↑ Lamb, Artemus (1995). The Beginnings of the Bahá'í Faith in Latin America:Some Remembrances, English Revised and Amplified Edition. 1405 Killarney Drive, West Linn OR, 97068, United States of America: M L VanOrman Enterprises.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. Wilmette, Ill. Volume 8 (1938-1940), Pg(s) 1038. View as PDF.
  4. ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 158, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
  5. ↑ Baha'i News (1943). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 159, Pg(s) 1. View as PDF.
  6. ↑ Baha'i News (1944). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 167, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
  7. ↑ Baha'i News (1944). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 172, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
  8. ↑ Baha'i News (September, 1946). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 187, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
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