Newark, New Jersey
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 Spiritual Assembly of Newark, 1968.
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Newark is a city in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
History[edit]
There was a small Bahá’í community in Newark as of the early 1900's and in February 1907 the Newark Bahá’ís collaborated with Bahá’ís from North Hudson and Jersey City to form a Bahá’í Assembly of New Jersey, although the body ultimately became the Local Spiritual Assembly of Jersey City when Bahá’í administration became formalized in the Ministry of Shoghi Effendi.[1]
As of 1910 Hooper Harris was living in Newark and hosting weekly meetings on the Faith for interested individuals,[2] and as of 1911 Newark was being referred to as having a Bahá’í Assembly.[3]
As of 1934 Newark had formed a Local Spiritual Assembly constituted according to the requirements of Bahá’í administration and the community sent a delegate to the election of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada that year.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ Hussein Ahdieh, Highlights of the First 40 Years of the Bahá’í Faith in New York, City of the Covenant, 1892-1932, p 10
- ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 1(16), p 5
- ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 2(4), p 9
- ↑ Baha'i News (1934). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 82, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
