Waterloo, Iowa
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Waterloo is a U.S. city in Iowa which serves as the county seat of Black Hawk County. The second Local Spiritual Assembly of Iowa was established in Waterloo.
History[edit]
Much of the early Bahá'í activity in Waterloo was undertaken by Ruth Moffett. She donated Bahá'í literature to public libraries in Waterloo in September 1939,[1] and in mid-1941 she engaged in intensive teaching in Waterloo and other Iowa cities, having been directed to focus her efforts on the state by Shoghi Effendi.[2] In 1942 Annie Romer visited Iowa, teaching in Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, and Davenport for a few months.[3] In August 1946 John S. McHenry II and his family held a Bahá'í meeting in Waterloo during a move to California from New York.[4]
As of 1947 the Cedar Rapids Local Spiritual Assembly was sponsoring the Bahá'í group of Waterloo, which was aiming to establish a Local Spiritual Assembly by April 1948 in order to meet a goal of the National Teaching Committee.[5] Waterloo was successful, with the community growing to eleven members partially through the efforts of Ruth Moffett, and in 1948 the Local Spiritual Assembly was established, and began contributing to the National Fund.[6][7] By November 1948 the community had thirteen members, and a local newspaper wrote an article on the Faith and local community.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ Baha'i News (1940). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 133, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1941). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 147, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 155, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1946). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 188, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1947). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 202, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1949). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 215, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1948). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 209, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (November 1948). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 213, Pg(s) 2-3. View as PDF.
