Glendale, Arizona
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Glendale is a city of the U.S. State of Arizona.
History[edit]
In 1934 Margarita Orlova taught the Faith in Glendale speaking at the cities Womens Club and at several meetings in homes,[1] and as of 1936 the Bahá’í community of Phoenix was supporting efforts to establish the Faith in the city.[2]
As of 1937 there was a small Bahá’í community in Glendale which began collaborating with a peace group in the city,[3] and was continuing to receive support from the Phoenix Bahá’ís.[4] The Local Spiritual Assembly of Glendale was established in 1938,[5] and the following year the newly formed Assembly sponsored pioneer teaching work in Mesa.[6]
The community struggled to consolidate following the formation of the Assembly and by 1941 the Assembly of Glendale had been dissolved as there were less than nine Bahá’ís living in the city.[7] As of January 1942 there were five Bahá’ís in Glendale who maintained a Bahá’í Group,[8] with the community remaining at a size of five as of 1947.[9]
In 1961 the Glendale Bahá’í group was contacted by a local newspaper after the Bahá’í Faith received coverage in the state newspaper the Arizona Republic.[10] In 1966 a teaching team of four Bahá’í youth undertook a teaching project in Glendale holding five firesides and a public meeting and being interviewed by a local radio station, with their efforts resulting in four declarations.[11] In 1968 the Glendale community held a Race Unity Day event.[12]
In 1979 a Bahá’í Club was formed at the American Graduate School of International Management in Glendale.[13] In January 1984 the Bahá’ís of Glendale held a World Religion Day event attended by 170 people.[14] and as of that year the community had re-established its Local Spiritual Assembly.[15]
References[edit]
- ↑ Baha'i News (1934). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 81, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1936). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 98, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1937). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 105, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1937). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 107, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1938). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 117, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1939). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 122, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1941). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 145, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 150, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1947). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 197, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1961). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 359, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1966). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 428, Pg(s) 17. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1969). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 462, Pg(s) 20. View as PDF.
- ↑ American Baha'i, Volume 10, October, p 11
- ↑ American Baha'i, April 1984, p 27
- ↑ American Baha'i, February 1984, p 11
