Joliet, Illinois

Joliet
City in the United States
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History: Firsts
-	Local Assembly	1976
How to contact:
-	Email	Contact form
-	State	Illinois
-	Country	United States
Official Website		https://www.jolietbahais.org/
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Joliet is a city in the U.S. State of Illinois.

History

In 1930 Keith Ransom-Kehler visited Joliet during a teaching tour. As of 1953 there were Bahá’ís living in Joliet and the city was designated as a goal for establishing a Local Spiritual Assembly.

As of 1975 there were only three Bahá’ís in Joliet however in November that year a Bahá’í couple pioneered to the city raising the number to five and they formed a Bahá’í group which met with Ruth Moffett who assisted them in a teaching campaign which resulted in six declarations. As a result the Local Spiritual Assembly of Joliet was established in 1976 with Zikrullah Khadem visiting the community upon the formation of the body.

In 1980 the Joliet community launched a teaching campaign which was named Project Olinga, after Enoch Olinga, and after two months the community reported ninety-six declarations raising the number of Bahá’ís in the city to one hundred and fifteen. In response to the success of the campaign the Universal House of Justice conveyed the following message:

KINDLY CONVEY LSA JOLIET, ILLINOIS, DEEP SATISFACTION EFECTIVENESS PROJECT OLINGA. WARM WELCOME NEW ADHERENTS CAUSE PRAYING SHRINES COMMUNITY’S CONTINUING SUCCESS EXPANSION. LOVING GREETINGS.