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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-Bahá, Prayer for the Central States, in TABLETS OF THE DIVINE PLAN
Iowa Bahá’í 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…
Martyrdom of the Báb in Dubuque Miner’s Express Article, 1850
Steven Kolins sent this remarkable article from MINER’S EXPRESS
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 Bahá’í 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 Bahá’ís 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 Bahá’ís Present Book to Governor Hughes, 1968
From the Des Moines Tribune, July 6, 1968
Des Moines Tribune Profiles Bahá’í 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
Bahá’í Faith, 9 Iowa LSAs Featured in Des Moines Newspaper, 1975
Overview of the Faith, from the Des Moines Tribune, May 31, 1975
Cedar Rapids Bahá’ís Meet with Senator Ernst’s Staff, 2015
From the Cedar Rapids Bahá’í Newsletter, January 2015
Iowa Bahá’í Summer Schools, 1987 – 1997
During the last two decades of the twentieth century, Iowa’s Bahá’ís gathered joyfully and eagerly each summer for extended weekend summer schools…
Earliest Known Bahá’ís in Iowa, 1899
Kearney B. Griffith and Mrs. (Susan) Parrie Griffith documented in College Springs in 1899!
Pamphlets on Bahá’í Faith and Esperanto, 1913
Two pamphlets were published in Iowa by the United States Esperanto Association…
Bahá’ís 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 Bahá’í History, by Marjie Baker, 1991
This piece was written in 1991 by Marjie Baker with help from her mother, Henrietta Kroll.
Iowa Bahá’í 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…
Iowa Bahá’í Summer School, 2008: The Dynamic Process of Growth
Camp Wesley Woods, Indianola
Governor Robert Ray Proclaims World Peace Day, 1976
This proclamation was made at the request of the Bahá’ís of Iowa…
Bahá’í Institute, Lake Ahquabi, 1959
Prayer was offered by Ms. Jo Ann Brown. Chairperson of the Spiritual Assembly of the Des Moines Bahá’í Faith…
“Meet the Bahá’ís” Brochure, ~2001?
Probably created for the Iowa State Fair in the early 2000s…
Iowa Bahá’í History Project Featured in The American Bahá’í, September-October 2025
This issue celebrates 100 years of our National Spiritual Assembly…
Chair of Des Moines LSA Offers Prayer on the Iowa Senate Floor, 1975
Prayer was offered by Ms. Jo Ann Brown. Chairperson of the Spiritual Assembly of the Des Moines Bahá’í Faith…
If You Build It They Will Come: Winter School, 2003
Even though a winter storm warning loomed in the forecast, the Iowa Bahá’í Schools Committee decided to go ahead…
Iowa Bahá’í Schools Committee, ~2000
Agendas, minutes, and a survey from the Committee’s records.
