Denver, Colorado

Denver
City in the United States
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Denver, Colorado, incorporated February 25, 1946.
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Local Assembly 1908
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 -  Phone 303-744-6456 
 -  Email Denverlsa@gmail.com 
 -  State Colorado
 -  Country United States
Official Website https://denverbahais.org/
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Denver is a city in the U.S. state of Colorado.

History[edit]

Denver was the first place in Colorado to have a Bahá’í community with Mrs. A. M. Bryant, who became a Bahá’í in 1900, receiving a Tablet from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá advising her to establish a community in Denver in 1903.[1] There were approximately twenty Bahá’ís living in the city early in the 1900's, however by 1908 many had left the city or lost interest in the religion with no regular meetings being held.[2]

Thornton Chase visited Denver in 1908 and gave a talk on the Faith resulting in some publicity and some Bahá’í s began distributing pamphlets, however the community remained mostly inactive immediately after his visit.[2] Later in the year Mrs. A. M. Bryant oversaw efforts to establish regular meetings establishing a reading room for meetings on November 1 and she received a Tablet from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to the Denver Bahá’ís which addressed them as the Denver Assembly.[3]

As of 1910 the community was holding four regular weekly meetings,[4][5] and in 1911 Corinne True and Thornton Chase visited the city further stimulating teaching efforts.[6] When ‘Abdu’l-Bahá toured the United States in 1912 He visited Denver and gave a talk on September 24, 1912.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 10, p 343
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Baha'i Bulletin, No. 1, p 15
  3. ↑ Baha'i Bulletin, No. 2/3, p 18
  4. ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 1(3), p 17
  5. ↑ Baha'i News Letter (December, 1924). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 1, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
  6. ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 2(5), p 8
  7. ↑ 'Abdu'l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, US Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1982 Edition, p 334
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