(The following report of the first National Convention of the Bahá’ís of the Bahamas was written for Bahá’í News by Dr. H. Elsie Austin.—Ed.)
The historic first National Convention of the Bahá’ís of the Bahamas was held May 19-21, 1978, in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas. The Convention site was the Pilot House Hotel on New Providence Island.
Preceding the event, whose purpose was to elect the first National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the Bahamas, a group of dedicated Bahá’ís that included the Bahá’í Teaching Committee of the Bahamas and other willing friends worked long and hard to prepare the setting for the Convention. They redecorated the lovely National Bahá’í Center and attended to the many details and arrangements necessary to ensure a smoothly-functioning National Convention.
