Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix | ||
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| City in the United States | ||
 Temple Model displayed in Flower Shop, Phoenix, 1941.
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| Location of Phoenix
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| Number of Bahá'ís | ||
| - | Bahá'í source | 900[1] |
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| History: Firsts |
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| - | Local Assembly | 1931 |
| How to contact: | ||
| - | Phone | 602/516-5375 |
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| - | Address | P.O. Box 9961 Phoenix, AZ 85068 |
| - | State | Arizona |
| - | Country | United States |
| Official Website | Bahá'ís of Phoenix | |
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Phoenix is a city of the U.S. State of Arizona.
History[edit]
In 1917 Isabella D. Brittingham visited Phoenix during a teaching trip and visited some Christian Scientists, had dinner with the Governor of Arizona, and conducted a fireside which was attended by the Governor's wife and private secretary.[2] The same year Edward Ruppers and his wife Amanda pioneered to the city becoming its first permanent Bahá’í residents,[3] and the following year they began hosting travel teachers to Phoenix in their home and a Bahá’í study group was formed.[4][5]
As of 1920 there was a Bahá’í community in Phoenix and John Wilson Gift who had pioneered to the city was sent as a delegate to the National Convention that year however the community was not large enough to establish a Local Spiritual Assembly when administration of the Faith became formalized in the 1920's.[6] In 1920 Charles Q. Adams who had pioneered to Phoenix received a Tablet from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá while living in the city.[7]
During the 1920's Phoenix was visited by several Bahá’ís on teaching trips including Corinne True and her daughters Edna and Katherine, Gayne Gregory, Orcella Rexford, Edwina Powell, John Bosch, and George O. Latimer. Stalwarts of the community in this period were Josephine Nelson, who taught by conducting an Esperanto class at a local High School, and Edward Ruppers and his family who continued to host many travelling Bahá’ís and facilitate their Bahá’í study group.[4]
In late 1929 Elizabeth Greenleaf pioneered to the city and in December it was visited by Leroy and Sylvia Ioas who assisted with teaching work,[4] and the Local Spiritual Assembly of Phoenix was established in 1931.[8] In 1932 the fledgling Assembly received support from visiting Bahá’ís with Louise Waite visiting from Los Angeles in February to conduct a twelve lesson deepening course,[9] living in the city for a month to assist the Assembly,[10] and Leroy and Sylvia Ioas visiting again.[11]
In 1985 the Grand Canyon Bahá’í Conference was established as an annual event in Phoenix which continues to be held to this day.[12][13]
References[edit]
- ↑ History
- ↑ Star of the West (March 21, 1917). Bahai News Service. Volume 8, Issue 1. Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ https://bahaisofphoenix.org/history/
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Baha'i News (September, 1930). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 44, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1931). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 50, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Star of the West (September 27, 1920). Bahai News Service. Volume 11, Issue 11. Pg(s) 175. View as PDF.
- ↑ Star of the West (October 16, 1921). Bahai News Service. Volume 12, Issue 12. Pg(s) 200. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1931). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 49, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1932). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 60, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1932). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 62, Pg(s) 20. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1932). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 62, Pg(s) 21. View as PDF.
- ↑ "About the Conference". Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference. n.d. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ↑ The American Bahá’í (1990). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 21, Issue 12, pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
