Boise, Idaho
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Boise is the capital city of the U.S. State, Idaho.
History[edit]
Possibly the earliest breakthrough of the Faith in Boise came in 1934 when Orcella Rexford gave a talk on the Faith to approximately four hundred people. A study class was formed, and when George O. Latimer visited the city in January 1935 he reported that the community had excellent potential.[1] In 1936 Louise Caswell spent March, April, and May in Boise to teach the Faith,[2] and by December 1936 there were two declared Bahá’ís in Boise, and they were joined by Mildred Crossey who pioneered to the city from Portland, Oregon, by securing a transfer in her work.[3] Louise Caswell returned to Boise for the first two months of 1937 to assist in teaching work.[4]
By 1938 Boise had a local Bahá’í group with an appointed secretary,[5] but the community had not grown for some time.[6] In 1942 Alta Krueger conducted an extended teaching campaign in Boise, and two youth, Farrukh Ioas and Sally Sanor, pioneered Boise in July 1942 bringing the size of the Cities Bahá’í community to six.[7][8] A resident declared shortly after their arrival bringing the total to seven. In September 1942 Leroy Ioas held an informal meeting on the Faith which was attended by twenty six.[9]
In April 1943 Boise was able to elect its first Local Spiritual Assembly, due to having at least nine adult Bahá’ís residing in the city.[10] The Assembly engaged in regular teaching, with weekly study classes and firesides being held after its formation, and several radio segments for talks being secured.[11] In 1944 a radio broadcast commemorating the Bahá’í Centenary was made on the station KIDO in Boise.[12] In 1948 the Local Spiritual Assembly of Boise was incorporated.[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ Baha'i News (1935). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 91, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1936). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 103, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1936). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 104, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1937). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 107, Pg(s) 13. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (July, 1939). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 127, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1938). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 115, Pg(s) 20. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (July, 1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 154, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 155, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 157, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1943). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 163, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Bahá’í News, No. 173, pp 9-10
- ↑ Baha'i News (1944). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 172, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
- ↑ Bahá’í World, Vol. 11, p 263
