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“O Lord! Confirm me with the Holy Spirit, so that I may call in Thy Name amongst the nations and give the glad tidings of the manifestation of Thy kingdom amongst mankind.” – ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Prayer for the Central States, in TABLETS OF THE DIVINE PLAN
Iowa Baha’i History Article
from Bahaipedia
The Bahá’í Faith was present in Iowa as early as 1913, however serious progress was not made until the 1930s…
55 Years Ago in Iowa, submitted
by Don Calkins
DES MOINES (AP) — After a suggestion that a House amendment to a Senate bill might let Cassius…
1850 Dubuque Miner’s Express Article From Steven Kolins
Steven Kolins sent this remarkable article from MINER’S EXPRESS, a weekly publication in print from 1849-1854
Early Mentions of the Faith
in Iowa Media
A collection of early newspaper articles
World Peace Day 1974
From the Des Moines Register, September 1974, Des Moines LSA members with Governor Ray…
“Iowa Baha’i Training Institute” Meets at Pine Lake Brethren Camp, 1958
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Vision for Humanity Conference
May 2022
Held at Pilgrim Heights Retreat and Conference Center, Montour, IA, May 13, 14 and 15, 2022.
Unit 078 Convention
October 2022
Unit Convention October 2, 2022
in Cedar Falls
PROMISE OF WORLD PEACE Presented to the Iowa Peace Institute
Sometime in the late 1980s, a small delegation of Baha’is visited the Institute in Grinnell…
By Popular Demand… 1967
Monroe County Times, July 10, 1967, announces CBS repeat broadcast of “And His Name Shall Be One”
Des Moines Baha’is Present Book to Governor Hughes, 1968
From the Des Moines Tribune, July 6, 1968
Des Moines Tribune Profiles Baha’i Faith, 1969
Printed January 8, 1969, written by John Dart and previously published in the Los Angeles Times
Governor Ray Proclaims World Peace Day, 1970
From the Des Moines Tribune, September 19,1970
Baha’i Faith, 9 Iowa LSAs Featured in Des Moines Newspaper, 1975
Overview of the Faith, from the Des Moines Tribune, May 31, 1975
Cedar Rapids Baha’is Meet with Senator Ernst’s Staff, 2015
From the Cedar Rapids Baha’i Newsletter, January 2015
Iowa Baha’i Summer Schools, 1987 – 1997
During the last two decades of the twentieth century, Iowa’s Baha’is gathered joyfully and eagerly each summer for extended weekend summer schools…
Earliest Known Baha’is in Iowa, 1899
Kearney B. Griffith and Mrs. (Susan) Parrie Griffith documented in College Springs in 1899!
Pamphlets on Baha’i Faith and Esperanto, 1913
Two pamphlets were published in Iowa by the United States Esperanto Association…
Baha’is Honored as “Iowans of the Week” in the U.S. House of Representatives, 2021
Early in 2021, when the Covid pandemic was heating up…
Some Iowa Baha’i History by Marjie Baker, 1991
This piece was written in 1991 by Marjie Baker with help from her mother, Henrietta Kroll.
Iowa Baha’i Summer School 2010
Flyer for Summer School at Grinnell College, July 9-11
Make a Better World Conference, Des Moines, January 2025
Cluster 7’s Area Teaching Committee sent this message after the first of two Iowa Conferences…
