Institutions
“Every institution of this Divinely created Order is one more refuge for a distraught populace…” – Universal House of Justice, Lights of Guidance, p. 327
Early Local Spiritual Assemblies
Help us identify early Assembly members in these photos…
Regional Baha’i Councils
Bahaipedia article on establishment of Regional Baha’i Councils.
Cedar Rapids Sends Delegate to National Convention 1948
Article on attendees to national Convention, Cedar Rapids Gazette, April 27, 1948
NSA Honors Departed Friends
Sample letters from our National Spiritual Assembly
Des Moines LSA Addresses Persecution of Iranian Baha’is
Letter to the Editor, Des Moines Tribune, June 6, 1955
Delegates Selected for National Convention 1957
From the Des Moines Register, December 3, 1956
Cedar Rapids LSA at Celebration of 35th Anniversary, 1978
Back row left to right: Bob Findlay, Diane Findlay, Todd Snell, Jim Siegling. Front row: Cathy Smith, Rose Snell, Frank Pourahmadi, Wendy Schamberger, Edna Wilson
Javidukht Khadem, Auxiliary Board Member
Javidukht Khadem (1913–2007) served as an Auxiliary Board Member for Iowa for a number of years…
Fist Fairfield LSA, 1981
Left to right: Keith Davis, Karen Noonan, Bill Groetzinger, Barbara Ullrich, Roger Maurice, Nancy Gibson, Bob McIlvride, Susan Morris, Chris Gentsch
First Sioux City LSA by Marie Scheffer
By December 1978 there were nine adult believers with administrative rights…
Mark Scheffer and the Baha’i International Community by Diane Findlay
In 2010, Mark Scheffer began to work as a volunteer collaborator…
Iowans Serve on Regional Baha’i Council
Since the Regional Baha’i Council for the Prairie States was formed in 2012…
Former Iowa Baha’is serve on National Spiritual Assemblies
Several Iowa Baha’is went on to pioneer internationally and serve on National Spiritual Assemblies…
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