Florida
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Florida is a state of the United States of America.
History[edit]
There were Bahá’ís resident in Florida as of the 1910's with Bahá’ís in Fernandina and Quay contributing to the Bahá’í Fund in 1911.[1] In early 1911 Bahá’í William P. Ripley spent an extended period living in Orlando with his family,[2][3] and in 1912 the Ripley's moved their residence to Orlando.[4]
As of 1916 Charlotte Rosenhauer and her son-in-law Mr. Lane were travel teaching throughout Florida.[5] In one of the Tablets of the Divine Plan revealed on March 27, 1916, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá noted that the Faith had not been firmly established in the State and called on the Bahá’í community to teach in it:
"In the Southern States of the United States, the friends are few, that is, in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Consequently you must either go yourselves or send a number of blessed souls to those states, so that they may guide the people to the Kingdom of Heaven."[6]
In 1917 there was a Bahá’í community in Lakeland which applied for recognition from the Bahá’í Temple Unity which was granted that year.[7] Teaching activity continued in the state in the late 1910's with William Ripley and his wife making several travel teaching trips and Louise Boyle spending a winter pioneering in Miami,[8] and in 1920 the Bahá’í Temple Unity officially recognized the Bahá’í community of Miami with both Miami and Lakeland sending delegates to that years National Convention of American Bahá’ís.[9]
As the system of Bahá’í administration began to develop in the 1920's Florida's communities were not large enough to form formal bodies, with Miami facing challenges due to many of its Bahá’í residents moving from the city,[10] however in 1930 Orcella Rexford noted the community in Miami was still actively meeting and had expressed enthusiasm for a teacher visiting their community.[11] Fanny Knobloch then moved to Miami for an extended period and began hosting a study class which resulted in Miami electing a Local Spiritual Assembly on April 21, 1931.[10] In 1932 Knobloch returned to Miami and began hosting four weekly classes on the Faith with each being attended by approximately sixty-five people.[12][13]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Star of the West, Vol.2(4), p 10
- ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 2(1), p 12
- ↑ Star of the West, Vol.2(7/8), p 15
- ↑ https://hwpi.harvard.edu/pluralismarchive/greater-orlando-bahai-center
- ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 7, p 62
- ↑ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of the Divine Plan, US Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1993 Edition, pp 11-12
- ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 9, p 46
- ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 11, p 148
- ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 11, p 172
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Baha'i News (1931). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 50, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (September, 1930). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 44, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1932). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 62, Pg(s) 21. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1932). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 61, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
External links[edit]
- Bahá’í communities in Florida at Curlie (formerly DMOZ)
