Montserrat

 Montserrat
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Location of Montserrat
National AssemblyEast Leeward Islands
Statistics:
Total Population
 -  UN 2021[1] 4,417
Bahá'í pop.
 -  Bahá'í source  
 -  Non-Bahá'í source 73
History:
Firsts
 -  Bahá'í to visit David Schreiber
McKenzie Edwards 
 -  Pioneers Derek Dacey
Sally Dacey 
How to contact:
 -  Email nsa.leewardislands@gmail.com
Official Website http://www.bahai.org/national-communities/leeward-islands
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Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory consisting of an island in the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. Montserrat is about 16 km (10 mi) long and 11 km (7 mi) wide. It continues to be governed by the United Kingdom. Between 1995 and 2000 about 2/3 of the population was required to leave because of volcanic activity leaving less than 1,200 people. Most of the island is off limits to the people. The current population has grown to over 4,000.[2]

History[edit]

Montserrat was opened to the Faith when David Schreiber, an American Bahá'í, and McKenzie Edwards, an Antiguan Bahá'í, visited the island in 1965.

Several travel teaching trips to the island were made throughout the 1960's, and the first Nineteen Day Feast in the country was held in 1968.[3][4][5] Two Local Spiritual Assemblies, for Salem and St. John's, were established in Montserrat in 1971.[6]

The first Bahá'í pioneers to the island were Derek and Sally Dacey, who lived there from 1972 to 1973.[7] Other notable early pioneers were Craig and Elizabeth Owens who lived in Montserrat from 1975 to 1983,[8] as the majority of the island became aware of the Faith through their efforts.[9][10]

In 1979 the Local Spiritual Assembly of Plymouth was incorporated, and a Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds for the Montserrat community was purchased in Plymouth.[11][12] As of 1980 there were 120 Bahá'ís in Montserrat.[13]

The Bahá'í community of Montserrat was administrated by the Regional Spiritual Assembly of the Leeward, Windward and Virgin Islands from 1967, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Leeward and Virgin Islands from 1972, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Leeward Islands from 1981, and the National Spiritual Assembly of the East Leeward Islands from 1991.[14][15]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Montserrat". Wikipedia.
  3. ↑ http://www.bahaihistorycaribbean.info/html/montserrat.html
  4. ↑ https://bahai-library.com/bahai_encyclopedia_east-leeward_islands
  5. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1974). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 14 (1963-1968), Pg(s) 145. View as PDF.
  6. ↑ http://www.bahaihistorycaribbean.info/html/montserrat.html
  7. ↑ https://bahai-library.com/bahai_encyclopedia_east-leeward_islands
  8. ↑ http://www.bahaihistorycaribbean.info/html/montserrat.html
  9. ↑ Baha'i News (1976). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 540, Pg(s) 25. View as PDF.
  10. ↑ Baha'i News (1981). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 600, Pg(s) 13. View as PDF.
  11. ↑ http://www.bahaihistorycaribbean.info/html/montserrat.html
  12. ↑ https://bahai-library.com/bahai_encyclopedia_east-leeward_islands
  13. ↑ Baha'i News (1980). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 587, Pg(s) 13. View as PDF.
  14. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1976). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 15 (1968-1973), Pg(s) 240. View as PDF.
  15. ↑ http://www.bahaihistorycaribbean.info/html/montserrat.html
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