Idaho
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Idaho is a state of the United States of America.
History[edit]
There were some Bahá’ís residing in Idaho as of the 1910's with donations to the Bahá’í Fund being received from Bahá’ís in Lewiston and Tahoe in 1911,[1] and Lewiston in 1912.[2]
‘Abdu’l-Bahá referred to the state in one of the Tablets of the Divine Plan revealed on April 1, 1916, calling on the American Bahá’ís to more firmly establish a Bahá’í community:
". . . in the states of New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona and Nevada, the lamp of the love of God is not ignited in a befitting and behooving manner, and the call of the Kingdom of God has not been raised. Now, if it is possible, show ye an effort in this direction. Either travel yourselves, personally, throughout those states or choose others and send them, so that they may teach the souls."[3]
Orcella Rexford was active in teaching the Faith in Idaho and in 1934 she facilitated a public meeting in Boise which was attended by four hundred people and resulted in a study class forming initially attended by two hundred students. In January 1935 George O. Latimer visited Boise and expressed optimism about the prospects of the Faith in the city with a formal Bahá’í group forming as of that year.[4] In 1936 Louise Caswell moved to Boise in March and remained until May in order to support the group,[5][6] which as of December that year consisted of two Bahá’ís. Mildred Crossey pioneered to the city to assist the two Bahá’ís in December 1936.[7] Caswell returned to Boise from January to February 1937.[5]
As of 1938 the group in Boise was still active however it was not growing with the regional teaching committee responsible for Iowa noting a travel teacher was likely required to stimulate activity. The teaching committee also noted that Dr. Lewis Speno had successfully proclaimed the Faith in Coeur d'Alene during a business trip to the city.[8] As of 1941 Idaho had still been unable to form a Local Spiritual Assembly and the National Teaching Committee of the United States noted pioneers were urgently needed to establish the Faith in the state,[9] and in 1942 the National Teaching Committee consulted with its Regional Teaching Committees on establishing Assemblies in states which did not yet have one including Idaho.[10]
In 1942 Farrukh Ioas and Sally Sanor pioneered to Boise,[11] and in spring that year Alta Krueger conducted an extended teaching campaign in the city which resulted in three declarations resulting in the city having six Bahá’ís.[12] Leroy Ioas visited Boise and delivered a talk to twenty-six people later in the year and as of the end of 1942 there were seven Bahá’ís in the city.[13] In April 1943 the Local Spiritual Assembly of Boise was established as the first in Idaho.[14]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 2(4), p 10
- ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 3(5), p 5
- ↑ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of the Divine Plan, US Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1993 Edition, pp 21-22
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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 (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 (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 (1941). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 147, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 153, Pg(s) 8. 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.
