Hawaii
Hawaii |
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 Bahá’í Teaching Conference of Hawaii, 1956.
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| Location of Hawaii
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| Number of Bahá'ís | ||
| - | Bahá'í source | |
| - | Non-Bahá'í source | 869[1] |
| History: Firsts |
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| - | Local Bahá'í | 1901, Agnes Alexander |
| - | Local Assembly | 1910, Honolulu |
| Official Website | https://bahaihawaii.org/ | |
Hawaii is a state of the United States of America. It is one of two American states that have their own National Spiritual Assembly due to their physical separation from the 48 contiguous states (the other being Alaska).
History[edit]
The first Hawaiian Bahá’í was Agnes Alexander who was introduced to the religion while visiting Europe between 1900 and 1901. While she was in Paris, France, her relative Clarence Smith visited and became a Bahá’í through Alexander becoming the second Hawaiian Bahá’í. In December 1901 Alexander returned to Hawaii and in February 1902 Smith also returned.[2]
During 1902 Californian Bahá’ís Helen Goodall and her daughter Ella visited Hawaii and Elizabeth Muller became the first person to declare in Hawaii through the teaching efforts of the Goodall's and Clarence Smith. Muller became an active teacher and she introduced Kanichi Yamamoto to the religion who declared after a short time. The fledgling community of four held prayer meetings and taught through personal contacts without proclaiming the Faith widely or publicizing their efforts.[2]
In 1905 Alice Otis of Honolulu became a Bahá’í and her home was then used to host Bahá’í meetings in the city. In 1907 Ruth Augur, Otis's sister, began attending meetings and between 1907 and 1909 she and her husband George Jacob Augur joined the community with Augur going on to receive six Tablets from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and pioneer to Japan.[3]
In November 1909 the Faith achieved more widespread recognition in the state when Howard Struven and Charles Mason Remey visited the state during a global travel teaching trip they had been encouraged to undertake by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Their teaching efforts received media coverage which resulted in several new Bahá’ís declaring and the Local Spiritual Assembly of Honolulu was established in 1910.[2]
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