Tables of Local Spiritual Assemblies by Area Teaching Committee regions as assigned at the end of the Ten Year Crusade inside the continental United States

Tables of Local Spiritual Assemblies by Area Teaching Committees as assigned at the end of the Ten Year Crusade inside the continental United States. These counts were performed against the literal/cited list of assemblies posted towards the bottom. Generally, the South and West Coast regions gained strength in terms of number of assemblies relative to the average distribution and the Midwest and Northeast regions lost relative to the average, while overall every region grew, some more than others. For a narrative review of the progress during the Plan see the intranational growth of Local Spiritual Assemblies during the Ten Year Crusade in the continental United States.

Tables of assemblies by Area Teaching Committees as assigned at the end of the plan[edit]

State Assemblies in 1953-4 Assemblies in 1962-3 Assemblies lost Total change in number of assemblies Goal communities won Goals not won Assemblies that were not goals or already existed Area Teaching Committee region
Illinois 16 21 2 5 2 8 5 Central
Iowa 2 4 0 2 2 4 0 Central
Minnesota 3 5 0 2 0 1 2 Central
Wisconsin 10 15 0 5 2 5 4 Central
Totals 31 45 2 14 6 18 11 69% of the assemblies by the end of the plan were achieved by the number of assemblies kept (started in 1953 minus those lost) followed by 24% by those communities that achieved assembly status that were goals, followed by new assemblies in places that were not goals or previously existed. The 31% growth of the Area represented almost 14% of the national community's assemblies.
State Assemblies in 1953-4 Assemblies in 1962-3 Assemblies lost Total change in number of assemblies Goal communities won Goals not won Assemblies that were not goals or already existed Area Teaching Committee region
Delaware 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 Central Atlantic
District of Colombia 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Central Atlantic
Maryland 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 Central Atlantic
North Carolina 0 4 0 4 4 1 0 Central Atlantic
Virginia 2 3 0 1 0 5 1 Central Atlantic
West Virginia 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Central Atlantic
Totals 8 14 1 6 5 8 3 57% of the assemblies by the end of the plan were from the number of those communities that achieved assembly status that were goals followed by assemblies kept (started in 1953 minus those lost) at 50%, and those followed by new assemblies in places that were not goals or previously existed. The 75% growth of the number of assemblies represented just over 4% of the national community.
State Assemblies in 1953-4 Assemblies in 1962-3 Assemblies lost Total change in number of assemblies Goal communities won Goals not won Assemblies that were not goals or already existed Area Teaching Committee region
Indiana 3 5 0 2 9 6 2 East Central
Michigan 9 17 0 8 4 4 4 East Central
Ohio 5 12 0 7 2 4 6 East Central
Totals 17 34 0 17 15 14 12 50% of the assemblies at the end of the plan came from the number of those that were assemblies kept (started in 1953 minus those lost) and 44% were communities that achieved assembly status that were goals, and those were followed by new assemblies in places that were not goals or previously existed. The doubling of the assemblies was just over 5% of the national community.
State Assemblies in 1953-4 Assemblies in 1962-3 Assemblies lost Total change in number of assemblies Goal communities won Goals not won Assemblies that were not goals or already existed Area Teaching Committee region
Kentucky 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Tennessee Valley
Mississippi 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 Tennessee Valley
Tennessee 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 Tennessee Valley
Alabama 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Tennessee Valley
Totals 5 6 0 1 1 5 0 83% of the assemblies at the end of the plan came from assemblies that were kept (started in 1953 minus those lost) followed by communities that achieved assembly status that were goals. The 20% growth of the number of assemblies represented almost 2% of the national community.
State Assemblies in 1953-4 Assemblies in 1962-3 Assemblies lost Total change in number of assemblies Goal communities won Goals not won Assemblies that were not goals or already existed Area Teaching Committee region
Louisiana 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 Gulf
Texas 3 9 0 6 2 1 4 Gulf
Totals 4 11 0 7 3 2 4 36% of the assemblies at the end of the plan came from both the number of assemblies kept (started in 1953 minus those lost) and the number of new assemblies in places that were not goals or previously existed and 27% were those communities that achieved assembly status that were goals. The almost tripling the number of assemblies represented just over 3% of the national population.
State Assemblies in 1953-4 Assemblies in 1962-3 Assemblies lost Total change in number of assemblies Goal communities won Goals not won Assemblies that were not goals or already existed Area Teaching Committee region
Connecticut 2 4 0 2 1 3 1 New England
Maine 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 New England
Massachusetts 5 6 1 1 2 9 1 New England
New Hampshire 1 2 0 1 1 3 0 New England
Rhode Island 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 New England
Vermont 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 New England
Totals 11 16 1 5 5 23 2 63% of the assemblies at the end of the plan were ones kept (started in 1953 minus those lost) followed by 31% from the communities that achieved assembly status that were goals, and those were followed by the number new assemblies in places that were not goals or previously existed. The 45% growth of the number of assemblies represented almost 5% of the national community.
State Assemblies in 1953-4 Assemblies in 1962-3 Assemblies lost Total change in number of assemblies Goal communities won Goals not won Assemblies that were not goals or already existed Area Teaching Committee region
New Jersey 8 8 2 0 0 6 2 North Atlantic
New York 11 18 3 7 2 8 8 North Atlantic
Pennsylvania 4 2 2 -2 0 9 0 North Atlantic
Totals 23 28 7 5 2 23 10 57% of the assemblies at the end of the plan were of those that were assemblies kept (started in 1953 minus those lost), followed by 36% from new assemblies in places that were not goals or previously existed, and those were followed by communities that achieved assembly status that were goals. The 22% growth of the number of assemblies represented alittle over 8% of the national community.
State Assemblies in 1953-4 Assemblies in 1962-3 Assemblies lost Total change in number of assemblies Goal communities won Goals not won Assemblies that were not goals or already existed Area Teaching Committee region
Nebraska 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 North Central
North Dakota 1 1 0 0 (1 lost and regained during the plan) 1 0 North Central
South Dakota 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 North Central
Totals 3 4 0 1 1 2 0 75% of the assemlies at the end of the plan were of assemblies kept (started in 1953 minus those lost) and 25% were communities that achieved assembly status that were goals. The 33% growth of the number of assemblies represented just over 1% of the national community.
State Assemblies in 1953-4 Assemblies in 1962-3 Assemblies lost Total change in number of assemblies Goal communities won Goals not won Assemblies that were not goals or already existed Area Teaching Committee region
Idaho 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 Northwestern
Montana 3 3 1 0 2 1 0 Northwestern
Oregon 1 9 0 8 4 1 4 Northwestern
Washington 5 17 1 12 3 2 10 Northwestern
Totals 11 32 2 21 10 5 14 44% of the assemblies at the end of the plan were new assemblies in places that were not goals or previously existed, followed by 31% from communities that achieved assembly status that were goals, and those were followed by those that were assemblies kept (started in 1953 minus those lost). The almost double in the number of assemblies represented almost 10% of the national community.
State Assemblies in 1953-4 Assemblies in 1962-3 Assemblies lost Total change in number of assemblies Goal communities won Goals not won Assemblies that were not goals or already existed Area Teaching Committee region
Colorado 3 6 0 3 2 1 1 Rocky Mountain
New Mexico 2 5 0 3 1 1 2 Rocky Mountain
Wyoming 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 Rocky Mountain
Totals 6 13 0 7 4 4 3 46% of the assemblies at the end of the plan came from the number assemblies kept (started in 1953 minus those lost) was followed by 31% from communities that achieved assembly status that were goals, and those were followed by new assemblies in places that were not goals or previously existed. The more than doubling of the number of assemblies represented almost 4% of the national population.
State Assemblies in 1953-4 Assemblies in 1962-3 Assemblies lost Total change in number of assemblies Goal communities won Goals not won Assemblies that were not goals or already existed Area Teaching Committee region
Florida 2 14 1 12 2 2 11 South Atlantic
Georgia 1 4 0 3 1 0 2 South Atlantic
South Carolina 0 4 0 4 0 3 4 South Atlantic
Totals 3 22 1 19 3 5 17 77% of the assemblies at the end of the plan were of new assemblies in places that were not goals or previously existed led the results followed by 14% from communities that achieved assembly status that were goals, and those were followed by assemblies kept (started in 1953 minus those lost). The more than 6 fold growth in the number of assemblies represented almost 7% of the national population.
State Assemblies in 1953-4 Assemblies in 1962-3 Assemblies lost Total change in number of assemblies Goal communities won Goals not won Assemblies that were not goals or already existed Area Teaching Committee region
Arkansas 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 South Central
Kansas 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 South Central
Missouri 2 4 1 2 1 2 2 South Central
Oklahoma 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 South Central
Totals 5 10 1 5 2 7 3 40% of the assemblies at the end of the plan came from assemblies kept (started in 1953 minus those lost), followed by 30% from new assemblies in places that were not goals or previously existed, and those were followed by communities that achieved assembly status that were goals. The doubling of the number of assemblies represented 3% of the national community.
State Assemblies in 1953-4 Assemblies in 1962-3 Assemblies lost Total change in number of assemblies Goal communities won Goals not won Assemblies that were not goals or already existed Area Teaching Committee region
Arizona 5 8 3 3 1 3 4 Southwestern
California 33 82 6 49 11 5 46 Southwestern
Nevada 1 4 0 3 2 0 1 Southwestern
Utah 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 Southwestern
Totals 40 96 9 56 15 9 51 53% of the assemblies that existed at the end of the plan were from ones in places that were not goals or previously existed, followed by 32% from assemblies kept (started in 1953 minus those lost), and those were followed by communities that achieved assembly status that were goals. The more than doubling the number of assemblies represented 29% of the national population.

State by state table of changes in assemblies during the Ten Year Crusade[edit]

State Assemblies in 1953-4
(171 minus Alaska, Hawaii,
& Puerto Rico = 167
includes District of Colombia)
[1]
Assemblies in 1962-3(331)[2] Assemblies lost Total change in number of assemblies Goal communities won Goals not won Assemblies that were not goals or already existed Area Teaching Committee region[3]
Alabama 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 South Central /Tennesee Valley
Arizona 5 8 3 3 1 3 4 Southwestern
Arkansas 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 South Central
California 33 82 6 49 11 5 46 Southwestern
Colorado 3 6 0 3 2 1 1 Rocky Mountain
Connecticut 2 4 0 2 1 3 1 New England
Delaware 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 Central Atlantic
District of Colombia 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Central Atlantic
Florida 2 14 1 12 2 2 11 South Atlantic
Georgia 1 4 0 3 1 0 2 South Atlantic
Idaho 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 Northwestern
Illinois 16 21 2 5 2 8 5 Central
Indiana 3 5 0 2 9 6 2 East Central
Iowa 2 4 0 2 2 4 0 Central
Kansas 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 South Central
Kentucky 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 East Central/Tennessee Valley
Louisiana 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 Gulf
Maine 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 New England
Maryland 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 Central Atlantic
Massachusetts 5 6 1 1 2 9 1 New England
Michigan 9 17 0 8 4 4 4 East Central
Minnesota 3 5 0 2 0 1 2 Central
Mississippi 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 Gulf/Tennessee Valley
Missouri 2 4 1 2 1 2 2 South Central
Montana 3 3 1 0 2 1 0 Northwestern
Nebraska 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 North Central
Nevada 1 4 0 3 2 0 1 Southwestern
New Hampshire 1 2 0 1 1 3 0 New England
New Jersey 8 8 2 0 0 6 2 North Atlantic
New Mexico 2 5 0 3 1 1 2 Rocky Mountain
New York 11 18 3 7 2 8 8 North Atlantic
North Carolina 0 4 0 4 4 1 0 Central Atlantic
North Dakota 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 North Central
Ohio 5 12 0 7 2 4 6 East Central
Oklahoma 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 South Central
Oregon 1 9 0 8 4 1 4 Northwestern
Pennsylvania 4 2 2 -2 0 9 0 North Atlantic
Rhode Island 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 New England
South Carolina 0 4 0 4 0 3 4 South Atlantic
South Dakota 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 North Central
Tennessee 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 South Atlantic/Tennessee Valley
Texas 3 9 0 6 2 1 4 Gulf
Utah 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 Southwestern
Vermont 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 New England
Virginia 2 3 0 1 0 5 1 Central Atlantic
Washington 5 17 1 12 3 2 10 Northwestern
West Virginia 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Central Atlantic
Wisconsin 10 15 0 5 2 5 4 Central
Wyoming 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 Rocky Mountain
Totals 167 331 24 164 73 125 130

By State assemblies or goals[edit]

States Assemblies in 1953-4
(171 minus Alaska, Hawaii,
& Puerto Rico = 167
includes District of Colombia)
[4]
Continental Ten Year Crusade
goals by June 1954[5]
(including assemblies that were lost
at the start or during the plan)
[6][7]
Assemblies in 1962-3(331)[8]
Alabama Birmingham Birmingham
Mobile
Montgomery
Arizona Flagstaff Flagstaff
Glendale
Globe
Phoenix Phoenix
North Phoenix
Pine Springs
Prescrott
Scottsdale
Tempe
Tucson Tucson
Tuscon Twp[9]
Verde Valley
Yuma Yuma
Arkansas Little Rock Little Rock
North Little Rock
Fort Smith
Rogers
California Anaheim
Alhambra Alhambra
Alhambra JD[10]
Altadena
Antelope JD
Alturas
Anaheim
Auburn
Bakersfield Bakersfield
Berkeley Berkeley
Beverly Hills Beverly Hills
Burbank Burbank
Burlingame Burlingame
Carmel
Central Marin JD
Chula Vista Chula Vista
Cloverdale Twp
Compton
Costa Mesa
Culver City
El Monte JD
Escondido JD
Eureka
Fair Oaks JD
Fresno Fresno
Fresno JD
Garden Grove
Glendale Glendale
Glendale JD
Hayward Hayward
Healdsburg
Healdsburg JD
Hermosa Beach
Huntington Park,
Inglewood Inglewood
Inglewood JD Inglewood JD
La Mesa
Long Beach Long Beach
Los Angeles Los Angeles
Manhattan Beach
Millbrae
Menlo Park
Monrovia Monrovia]
Monterey
Monterey-Carmel JD
National City National City
Newhall JD
Novato
Oakland Oakland
Ontario
Oxnard
Palo Alto Palo Alto
Palo Alto Mountain View JD
Pasadena Pasadena
Pasadena JD
Palm Springs
Pomona Pomona
Redding Redding
Redondo Beach
Riverside Riverside
Sacramento Sacramento
North Sacramento JD
San Bernadino San Bernadino
San Bernadino JD
San Carlos
San Diego San Diego
Santa Ana
San Francisco San Francisco
San Jose San Jose
San Leandro-Hayward JD
San Mateo San Mateo
Southern JD San Mateo County
San Rafael
Santa Ana Santa Ana
Santa Barbara Santa Barbara
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa JD
Sonoma JD
Santa Monica Santa Monica
Sausalito Twp Sausalito Twp
Stockton Stockton
South Bay JD South Bay JD South Bay JD
South Gate South Gate South Gate
Sunnyvale
Temple City
Twentynine Palms JD,
Ventura
West Hollywood West Hollywood
Whittier JD Whittier JD
Victor JD
Colorado Aurora Aurora
Colorado Springs Colorado Springs
Denver Denver
Greeley
Jefferson County Jefferson County
Pueblo Pueblo
Sububrban Colorado Springs
Connecticut Bridgeport
Greenwich Greenwich
Hamden
Hartford Hartford
New Haven New Haven
New Britain
Stamford
Delaware Dover
New Castle County
Wilmington Wilmington
District of Colombia Washington Washington
Florida Broward County
Delray Beach
Duval County
Fort Meyers
Jacksonville
Manatee County
Miami Miami
Miami Beach Miami Beach
North Dade County
Pinellas County
Pompano Beach
Orange County
St Augustine
St. Petersburg
Sarasota
Sarasota County
Tampa Tampa
Georgia Atlanta Atlanta
Augusta
DeKalb County
Savannah Savannah
Idaho Ada County Ada County
Lewiston
Boise Boise
Pocatella Pocatello
Illinois Addison Twp
Aurora
Batavia Batavia
Berwyn Berwyn
Cicero
Champaign Champaign
Chicago Chicago
Danville Danville
Decatur Decatur
Deerfield
East St. Louis
Elgin
Elmhurst Elmhurst
Evanston Evanston
Glencoe
Glenview
Joliet
Maywood Maywood
Melrose Twp
Oak Park Oak Park
Peoria Peoria
Peoria Heights
Quincy Quincy
Richwoods Twp
Rockford
Springfield Springfied
Urbana Urbana
Waukegan Waukegan
Wilmette Wilmette
Winnetka Winnetka
Indiana East Chicago
Evansville
Fort Wayne Fort Wayne
Gary
Hammond
Indianapolis Indianapolis
Kokomo
Michigan City
South Bend South Bend
Terre Haute
Warsaw
Iowa Council Bluffs
Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids
Davenport Davenport
Des Moines Des Moines
Dubugue
Iowa City
Sioux City
Waterloo Waterloo
Kansas Emporia
Kansas City Kansas City
Topeka Topeka
Wichita Wichita
Kentucky Louisville Louisville
Covington
Lexington
Louisiana Baton Rouge Baton Rouge
New Orleans New Orleans
Shreveport
Maine Augusta
Bangor
Eliot Eliot
Lewiston
Portland Portland
Maryland Baltimore Baltimore
Baltimore County
Montgomery County Montgomery County Montgomery County
Prince George's County
Massachusetts Brookline
Brockton
Beverly Beverly
Boston Boston
Cambridge Cambridge
Fall River
Falmouth
Holyoke
Ipswich Ipswich
Lynn
Lowell
Malden
Newton
New Bedford
Springfield
Worcester Worcester Worcester
Michigan Adrian
Ann Arbor Ann Arbor
Battle Creek Battle Creek
Bay City
Dearborn Dearborn Heights
Detroit Detroit
Ferndale
Flint Flint
Grand Rapids Grand Rapids
Highland Park Highland Park
Jackson Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lansing
Muskegon Muskegon
Niles Niles Twp
Pontiac Pontiac
Port Huron
Royal Oak Royal Oak
Royal Oak Twp Royal Oak Twp
Ypsilanti Twp
Wyanotte
Minnesota Duluth Duluth
Minneapolis Minneapolis
Olmstead County
Rochester
St Cloud
St. Paul St Paul
Mississippi Gulport Gulfport
Meridian
Jackson Jackson
Missouri Clayton
Independence
Kansas City Kansas City
St. Louis St. Louis
St Joseph
Springfield
Webster Grove
Montana Billings Billings
Butte Butte Butte
Great Falls Great Falls
Helena
Missoula
Nebraska Lincoln
Omaha Omaha
Nevada Las Vegas Las Vegas
Las Vegas South
Reno Reno
Sparks Sparks
New Hampshire Concord
Keene
Manchester
Nashua Nashua
Portsmouth Portsmouth
New Jersey Atlantic City
Camden
Clifton
Dumont Dumont
East Orange East Orange
Elizabeth
Englewood Englewood
Hackensack
Jersey City Jersey City
Montclair Montclair
Newark
Paterson
Ridgewood Ridgewood
Springfield
Teaneck Teaneck
New Mexico Albuquerque Albuquerque
Bernalillo County Bernalillo County
Gallup
McKinley County
Roswell
Santa Fe Santa Fe
New York Albany
Amhest Twp
Binghamton Binghamton
Buffalo Buffalo
Babylon Twp
Elmira
Geneva Geneva
Hamburg Twp Hamburg Twp
Hamburg Village
Hempstead Twp
North Hempstead Twp
Huntington Twp
Ithaca
Jamestown Jamestown
Mount Vernon
New Rochelle
New York City New York City
Niagara Falls Niagara Falls
Poughkeepsie
Rochester Rochester
Seneca Twp
Syracuse Syracuse
Tonawanda Twp
Troy
Schenectady
Utica
Victor Twp
Waterloo
Yonkers Yonkers
North Carolina Charlotte Charlotte
Durham Durham
Greensboro Greensboro
Raleigh Raleigh
Winston-Salem
North Dakota Fargo Fargo Fargo
Bismarck
Grand Forks
Ohio Akron Akron
Canton
Cincinnati Cincinnati
Cleveland Cleveland
East Cleveland
Columbus Columbus
East Cleveland
Dayton Dayton
Euclid
Kettering
Lima Lima
Lorain
Mansfield
Toledo
Urbana
Warren
Youngstown Youngstown
Oklahoma Enlid
Oklahoma City Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Oregon Astoria
Corvallis Corvallis
Eugene Eugene
Lane County
Marion County
Medford
Multnomah County
Pendleton Pendleton
Portland Portland
Salem Salem
Pennsylvania Allentown
Altoona
Chester
Erie
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Philadelphia Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
Reading
Scranton
West Chester
Wilkesbarre
York
Rhode Island Cranston
East Providence
Providence Providence
Pawtucket
Woonsocket
South Carolina Charleston
Columbia
Florence County
Frogmore
Greenville
Greenville County
North Augusta
South Dakota Rapid City Rapid City
Sioux Falls Sioux Falls
Tennessee Chattanooga
Memphis Memphis
Nashville Nashville
Texas Amarillo
Austin Austin
Dallas Dallas
El Paso
Fort Worth Fort Worth
Galveston
Houston Houston
Odessa
San Antonio San Antonio
University Park
Utah Ogden Ogden
Provo
Salt Lake City Salt Lake City
Salt Lake County
Vermont Burlington
Brattleboro Brattleboro
Rutland
Virginia Alexandria Alexandria
Arlington Arlington
Falls Church
Newport News
Norfolk
Richmond
Roanoke
Staunton
Washington Bellingham
Edmonds
Everett Everett
Issaquah
Kirkland Kirkland
Longview
Makah Indian Reservation
North King County District
Olympia
Pasco
Richmond Highlands
Seattle Seattle
Snohomish County District
South King County District
South Pierce County District
Spokane Spokane
Spokane County
Tacoma Tacoma
Walla Walla Walla Walla
Yakima Yakima
West Virginia Charleston Charleston
Huntington
Wisconsin Brookfield Twp Brookfield
Fond du Lac Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
Glendale
Green Bay Green Bay
Kenosha Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison Madison
Mequon
Milwaukee Milwaukee
Monona Village
Racine Racine
Sheboygan
Shorewood Shorewood
Superior
Waukesha Waukesha
Wauwatosa Wauwatosa
West Allis
Whitefish Bay Whitefish Bay
Wyoming Casper Casper
Cheyenne
Sheridan
Laramie Laramie

Summary[edit]

From the above table a number of summary statistics are possible to be deduced directly.

About 143 communities with assemblies maintained status through the plan. About as many as that achieved assembly status despite not being a goal community. 24 communities that were assemblies failed by the end of the plan though there was active concerns for restoring lost assemblies during the plan.[6][7] About three times that number achieved assembly status from being a goal community but almost twice *that* number were goal communities that did not achieve assembly status. Overall, this goal of the plan for the continental US to reach 300 assemblies succeeded mostly because of communities that achieved assembly status without being a goal, after preserving the vast majority of the communities that had already achieved assembly status, topped off by the fact that more goal communities achieved assembly status than those that started as assemblies and failed.

There were 13 Area Teaching Committee regions by the end of the plan. Across them some their kept assemblies dominated the regions and added some goal and or new assemblies by 'dispersing' and finding opportunities for growth, while others led by growth in goals but most of them grew on the basis of dispersing of Bahá'ís to new communities. Some areas barely grew while others grew significantly. One way to examine this is to look at the 13 regions and see what percent of the community they represented at the start and end of the plan and one can see which regions grew relative to how big they were at the beginning:

regions of ATCs % of 1953 community % of 1963 community change
Central 19 14 -5
Central Atlantic 5 4 -1
East Central 10 10 0
Tennessee Valley 3 2 -1
Gulf 2 3 1
New England 6 5 -1
North Central 14 8 -6
Northwestern 7 10 3
Rocky Mountain 4 4 0
South Atlantic 2 7 5
South Central 3 3 0
Southwestern 24 29 5

As a result one can easily see that the relative growth of the Southwestern region was equaled by the relative growth of the South Atlantic taken alone, followed by the South Atlantic and Gulf regions, whereas the Central and North Central regions' relative growth was least. Both the Southwest and Atlantic regions grew most in places that were not goal communities or previously existed. However both were also dominated by strong states in which this pattern happened - Florida and California. For the Southwestern this was directly extended north along the coast to the Northwestern region.

Taken state by state California led all examples of these overall patterns of many new assemblies that were not goals, loosing few assemblies, and ending far stronger than they were at the start. They broke the curve, so to speak. The next top five states that gained total assemblies were Florida, Michigan, New York, Oregon, and Washington state but Florida, Illinois, New York, Ohio and Washington were the states with the most assemblies gained that were not goals. Some states across the South that started very weak clearly gained strength - South and North Carolina especially but also somewhat true of Georgia and Missouri. Most states gained a few assemblies and lost fewer though some maintained numbers or were only close to maintaining their number. Pennsylvania faired the worst being the only state that lost total number assemblies, starting with 4 and ending with 2.

All this was in an overall context of the US sending about 400 pioneers across the plan to the international goals,[11] almost half of whom were women,[12] facing the least familiar circumstances, including Knights of Bahá'u'lláh, from the US. Perhaps it may be thought of as sending the most determined promulgators of the religion out of the country.

References[edit]

  1. "Bahá'í Directory; Local Bahá'í Spiritual Assemblies, groups, and localities where isolated Bahá'ís reside in the United States of America 1953-1954". Bahá'í World. Bienniel International Record. Vol. 12. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. 1981 [1956]. pp. 721–727.
  2. "Bahá'í Directory 1962-1963; Directory of localities where Bahá'ís reside under the jurisdisction of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States of America". Bahá'í World. An International Record. Vol. 13. Haifa, Israel: Universal House of Justice. 1980 [1970]. pp. 1036–1059. ISBN 9780853980995. OCLC 933759422.
  3. Voight, Edna, for the American National Teaching Committee (Jan 1957). ""To act, … promptly and decisively"". Baha'i News. No. 311. pp. 8–9. ISSN 0195-9212. OCLC 3665115. Retrieved Feb 8, 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. "Bahá'í Directory; Local Bahá'í Spiritual Assemblies, groups, and localities where isolated Bahá'ís reside in the United States of America 1953-1954". Bahá'í World. Bienniel International Record. Vol. 12. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. 1981 [1956]. pp. 721–727.
  5. "Goal cities in the United States for the World Cursade at Home as of June 15, 1954". Baha'i News. No. 281. July 1954. pp. 11–2. ISSN 0195-9212. OCLC 3665115. Retrieved Dec 26, 2021.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Jesma Herbert (Sep 1954). "An Appear from the American National Teaching Committee". Baha'i News. No. 283. p. 10. ISSN 0195-9212. OCLC 3665115. Retrieved Dec 26, 2021.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "The World Crusade within the United States; Assemblies to be restored". Baha'i News. No. 293. Jul 1955. p. 5. ISSN 0195-9212. OCLC 3665115. Retrieved Feb 6, 2022.
  8. "Bahá'í Directory 1962-1963; Directory of localities where Bahá'ís reside under the jurisdisction of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States of America". Bahá'í World. An International Record. Vol. 13. Haifa, Israel: Universal House of Justice. 1980 [1970]. pp. 1036–1059. ISBN 9780853980995. OCLC 933759422.
  9. Note 'Twp' refers to 'Township' and may be considered the formal city limits before the growing suburbs largely had their own names
  10. Like 'Twp', JD refers to 'Judicial District' and is a kind of civil boundary inside a city region which has growing beyond its urban roots into suburbs.
  11. Robert Stockman, Robert (2013). Bahá’í Faith - A guide for the Perplexed. Bloomsbury Guides for the Perplexed. Bloomsbury Academic Press. p. 153. ISBN 9781441192011. OCLC 974091374.
  12. Sandra Hutchinson; Richard Hollinger (2006). "Women in the North American Baha'i Community". In Keller, Rosemary Skinner; Ruether, Rosemary Radford; Cantlon, Marie (eds.). Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America: Native American creation stories. Indiana University Press. pp. 776–786. ISBN 0-253-34687-8.