Joliet, Illinois
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| - | Local Assembly | 1976 |
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| - | 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[edit]
In 1930 Keith Ransom-Kehler visited Joliet during a teaching tour.[1] As of 1953 there were Bahá’ís living in Joliet and the city was designated as a goal for establishing a Local Spiritual Assembly.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ Baha'i News Letter (1930). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 40, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1953). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 272, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ The American Baha'i, Vol. 7(5), p 2
- ↑ The American Baha'i, Vol. 11(11), p 11
- ↑ Baha'i News (1981). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 600, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
