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referring tags: Capacity building; Childrens classes; Community building; Devotional gatherings; Empowerment; Encouragement; Grassroots; Protagonists (individuals, communities and institutions); Ruhi Institute; Social action; Study circles; Training Institutes; Youth empowerment program

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  1. Peter J. Khan. Address at Queen's Birthday Weekend Conference, Aukland (2000-06). Addresses a variety of issues facing the Bahá'í community, especially as pertains to New Zealand Bahá'ís.
  2. International Teaching Centre. Attaining the Dynamics of Growth: Glimpses from Five Continents (2008-04). This World Centre publication was used for consultation at the 10th International Bahá'í Convention. In pictures, case studies, testimonials, and analysis of programs of growth on 5 continents, it demonstrates the diverse conditions of Bahá'ís worldwide.
  3. Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. United States Bahá'í National Center, comp. Bahá'í Approach to Non-Involvement in Partisan Political Activity (2022-10). Resource for individual and group study, in light of the current civil and political unrest in the U.S., Iran, and the world; reasons for the Bahá’í stance against partisan activity and its approach to social change; Bahá'í use of social media.
  4. Jack McLean. Baha'i Faith: The Basics by Christopher Buck: Review (2020-01).
  5. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá. Kate Lindsay, comp. Bahá'í Feast Book (2000). Quotations for all 19 Feasts, nicely laid-out with graphics and suitable for printing.
  6. Neil McMillan, Brian Didier. Susan Gammage, ed. Baha'i Glossary, A (2016). A glossary of Bahá'í principles and concepts, as derived from hundreds of messages of the Universal House of Justice.
  7. Paul Hanley. Begin with the Village: The Bahá'í Approach to Rural Development (2019-05). About the focus on rural areas, the role of farmers and villages in achieving sustainable development, establishing community institutions, social action and public discourse.
  8. Hooper Dunbar. Naysan Sahba, ed. Book of Certitude, The: An Interview with Hooper Dunbar (1998(?)). Significance and themes of the Kitáb-i-Íqán; its Islamic context; meaning of "certitude"; the importance of deepening and knowledge of the Writings.
  9. International Teaching Centre. Building Momentum: A Coherent Approach to Growth (2003-04). Guidance for the Bahá'í world in advancing the process of entry by troops. Part 3 of a series, following "Training Institutes" (1998) and "Training Institutes and Systematic Growth" (2000).
  10. Moojan Momen. Change of Culture, A (2003/2011). An overview of the process of cultural change in the Bahá'í community.
  11. Moojan Momen. Changing Reality: The Bahá'í Community and the Creation of a New Reality (2005). The Bahá’í teachings criticize the socially created realities of warfare, environmental destruction, and the subordination of women, lower social classes and ethnic minorities, instead promoting a vision of global solidarity and individual worth.
  12. Gustavo Correa. Community and Collective Action (2015/2020-08). On the hopeful efforts of groups of people around the world to build a new kind of community based on the oneness of humankind, and the vision and process guiding these efforts.
  13. Michael Karlberg. Constructive Imaginary, The (2020). In a 2007 letter on the closing of the BIHE, the Universal House of Justice introduced the concept of "constructive resilience"; on the relationship of this to other concepts in discourses on social change, and its relevance to the exigencies of the age.
  14. Universal House of Justice. Continental Boards of Counsellors, Letter to the Conference of (2010-12-28).
  15. Farzam Arbab. Core Activities of the Five Year Plan and the Movement of Clusters (2004).
  16. Paul Lample. Creating a New Mind: Reflections on the Individual, the Institutions, and the Community (1999). On the influence of the human mind in shaping human reality, and three vehicles for changing reality: the individual, the institutions, and the community at large. Two versions of book included.
  17. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. De l'action sociale (2020). Concepts de développement dans les enseignements baha'is, dimensions matérielles et dimensions spirituelles de l'existence, problèmes communautaires, thèmes spécifiques de l'éducation, de l'agriculture, de l'économie, de la santé, des arts et technologie.
  18. Universal House of Justice. Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Nine Year Plan (2022-11-01). Matters relating to the Nine Year Plan (2022-2031), ethnic and cultural diversity, humanity's crisis of identity, prejudice, economic injustice, and Africa.
  19. Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Devotional Gatherings, Selected Guidance concerning (n.d.). Structure and character of devotional practices.
  20. Universal House of Justice. "Double Crusade (2018-08-10). Comments on what the double crusade means, how it relates to the current series of Plans of the Faith, what should be done to carry it out, and the Advent of Divine Justice.
  21. Universal House of Justice. Enrollments and limited growth of the Bahá'í community (2002-08-22). The lack of significant numerical growth in certain Western Bahá'í communities is related to the preceding decades of struggle, achievement and disappointment.
  22. Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Entry by Troops, Promoting (2000).
  23. Jean-Marie Nau. Exploring Learning Processes within a Collaborative Study Circle: Cultural-historical activity theory perspective on individual and social transformation (2012-02). Processes of learning in communities outside school-related education; Bahá'í theories of how education can express humans as noble beings; knowledge as a manifestation of social reality; teleological history; humanity as an organically evolving entity.
  24. Universal House of Justice. Falta de crecimiento y el cambio de cultura, La (2002-08-22).
  25. International Teaching Centre. Five Year Plan 2011-2016, The: Summary of Achievements and Learning (2017-05). Advancing the process of entry by troops; programs of growth; the potential of youth; enhancing institutional capacity; houses of worship; social action; participating in the discourses of society; developments at the Bahá'í World Centre.
  26. Universal House of Justice. Five Year Plan, The: 2006-2011: Messages of the Universal House of Justice (2006/2011). Five Ridvan messages, one message to the Counsellors, and three other letters.
  27. Office of Social and Economic Development. For the Betterment of the World: The Worldwide Bahá'í Community's Approach to Social and Economic Development (2003/2008/2018/2023). Essays, photographs, and overviews of local projects around the world, illustrating how Bahá'í principles are being carried out in practice, prepared by the Office of Social and Economic Development of the Bahá'í International Community.
  28. Universal House of Justice. Framework for Action: 2006-2016, Selected Messages of the Universal House of Justice and Supplementary Material (2017). 58 letters from the House; "Social Action," by the Office of Social and Economic Development; "Insights from the Frontiers of Learning" and "Training Institutes: Attaining a Higher Level of Functioning," prepared by the International Teaching Centre.
  29. Universal House of Justice, International Teaching Centre. Taraz Rawhani, comp. Handbook for Childrens' Class Coordinators (2016). Guidance on the duties and responsibilities of children’s class coordinators.
  30. Harvard Pluralism Project: Baha'i (2023). Six overview essays on Bahá'í history, beliefs, and practices. (Offsite)
  31. Hoda Mahmoudi. Human Knowledge and the Advancement of Society (2012). Knowledge is the means toward realizing a global civilization. The current Five Year Plan focuses the Bahá'í community’s consultation, reflection, and global growth, and the individual’s applying spiritual and secular knowledge to help this process.
  32. International Teaching Centre. Institutos de Formación y el Crecimiento Sistemático, Los (2000-02).
  33. Farzam Arbab. Intensive Growth Programs (2001-04-28). Talk delivered as part of a two-day seminar on the Five Year Plan, sponsored by the Youth Activities Committee at the Bahá'í World Centre.
  34. International Teaching Centre. Intensive Growth: 2004 letter to all Continental Counsellors (2004-11-28).
  35. Universal House of Justice. Cortesía, trans. la Conferencia de los Cuerpos Continentales de Consejeros, A: 28 de diciembre de 2010 (2010-12-28).
  36. Farzam Arbab. Learning About Growth: The Story of the Ruhi Institute and Large-scale Expansion of the Bahá'í Faith in Colombia (1991). On the formation and development of the Ruhi Institute in Colombia; difficulties Bahá'ís faced in developing ​​a large-scale teaching project; analysis of all the measures taken and the degree of their success.
  37. Universal House of Justice. Learning to Respond to Emerging New Realities: Messages from the Universal House of Justice (2006). Two letters to the US NSA dealing with expansion and administration, and a document prepared by the International Teaching Centre, "Impact of Growth on Administration Processes."
  38. Ted Slavin. Materialism Wearing Away at Our Kids (2012-02-11). The materialism of modern society and media is distracting many of our children. Adults must be aware that they are key role models for their kids.
  39. Armin J. Jezari. Measuring Success: An Exploratory Study of United States Bahá'í Local Spiritual Assemblies and the Five Year Plan (2010). Applied research project on what degree a typical Local Spiritual Assembly in the United States is adopting elements of effective public administration based on the Five Year Plan (2006-2011).
  40. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Memorization (2006).
  41. International Teaching Centre. Message on clusters, institutes, and growth (2007-09-30). Message from the Counsellors on growth and enrollments.
  42. Universal House of Justice. Message on World Peace (2019-01-18). Letter about important steps the world made towards world peace, and the current situation, in relation to the activities the Bahá'ís are involved with.
  43. Universal House of Justice. Message to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors on the Nine Year Plan (2021-12-30). Features of the new 9-Year Plan, "the first major undertaking in a sacred twenty-five-year venture, generational in its scope and significance," to be implemented Ridvan 2022.
  44. Douglas Martin. Next Stage, The (2013). Bahá'í scholars find themselves at a stage in the Faith’s development where they must construct a discourse that is free of "haughty intellectualism." The Association for Bahá’í Studies can help promote the Bahá'í cause to institutions of higher learning.
  45. Universal House of Justice. Nine Year Plan, The: 2022-2031 (2021-2022). 9 letters from November 2021 to January 2022, addressed to the Bahá'í world, Continental Counsellors, Auxiliary Board members, and National Spiritual Assemblies. Link to free download of book (offsite).
  46. Universal House of Justice. On the Betterment of the World and the Countering of Negative and Disunifying Forces (2020-11-24). On how individuals can contribute to the betterment of society in view of the present state of the world.
  47. Universal House of Justice. On the Calamitous State of World Affairs and the Material Sustainability of Communities (2020-12-03). On concerns about the affairs of the world and catastrophic events, and whether the global Bahá’í community should undertake projects to address the material sustainability of communities.
  48. Universal House of Justice. One Year Plan, The: 2021-2022 (2021-04). Letter "To the Bahá’ís of the World" (5 November 2020), Ridvan message (20 April 2021), and a chart "Unfoldment of the Divine Plan" (2021). Link to free download of book (offsite).
  49. Moojan Momen. Power and the Bahá'í community (2018). While Bahá'í social teachings may have sounded new and exciting a century ago, that is no longer the case today. The problem the world faces is not in the principles that would lead to a better society, but in their application.
  50. Báb, The, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Universal House of Justice, comp. Prayer and Devotional Life (2019-02). A compilation to assist Bahá'ís in a time when, as the House says in its cover letter, "devotional activities are everywhere multiplying and are increasingly being integrated into the core of community life."
  51. Farzam Arbab. Principles and Practices of Curriculum Design and Development (2004).
  52. Universal House of Justice. Progress of the Faith in the United States and South Carolina (2019-03-12). While growth may not be always apparent in local regions, efforts of clusters country-wide are showing overall progress.
  53. Michael Karlberg. Pursuit of Social Justice, The (2022-08-03). An interdisciplinary examination of prevailing conceptions of human nature, power, social organization, and social change, and their implications for the pursuit of peace and justice.
  54. June Manning Thomas. Race, Place, and Clusters: Current Vision and Possible Strategies (2017). Division by place affects the possibilities for racial unity, especially in fragmented U.S. metropolitan areas. The "institute process” as a strategy could overcome challenges that place-based action poses for racial unity.
  55. Universal House of Justice. Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age (2023-11-28). Overview of the Faith's developments and activities during the previous century, including the Guardianship, global expansion, community building and development, participation in societal discourse, and construction of the Bahá'í World Centre.
  56. Paul Lample. Revelation and Social Reality: Learning to Translate What Is Written into Reality (2009). The nature of change in social reality, Bahá’í understanding and practice, learning and growth, participating in the advancement of society, and problems of knowledge and power.
  57. Universal House of Justice. Ridván 2012: Bahá'í Era 169 (2012-04). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  58. Universal House of Justice. Ridvan 2013: Bahá'í Era 170 (2013-04). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  59. Universal House of Justice. Ridvan 2014: Bahá'í Era 171 (2014-04-21). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  60. Universal House of Justice. Ridvan 2015: Bahá'í Era 172 (2015-04-21). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  61. Universal House of Justice. Ridvan 2016: Bahá'í Era 173 (2016-04-21). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  62. Universal House of Justice. Ridvan 2017: Bahá'í Era 174 (2017-04-21). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  63. Universal House of Justice. Ridvan 2018: Bahá'í Era 175 (2018-04-21). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  64. Universal House of Justice. Ridvan 2019: Bahá'í Era 176 (2019-04-21). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  65. Universal House of Justice. Ridvan 2020: Bahá'í Era 177 (2020-04-21). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  66. Universal House of Justice. Ridván 2021: Bahá'í Era 178 (2021-04-20). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  67. Universal House of Justice. Ridván 2022: Bahá'í Era 179 (2022-04-21). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  68. Universal House of Justice. Ridván 2023: Bahá'í Era 180 (2023-04-30). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  69. Universal House of Justice. Ridván 2024: Bahá'í Era 181 (2024-04-19). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  70. William S. Hatcher. Role and Function of Bahá'í Institutes in the Life of the Bahá'í Community (2008). Bahá'í training institutes are a wonderful new opportunity for self-development and for sharing our talents with others; their forms and programmes can be diverse.
  71. Universal House of Justice, International Teaching Centre, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Role of the Local Assembly in Cluster Growth (2009-05-15). Practical guidelines for LSAs to organize and teach more effectively.
  72. Ruhi Institute. Ruhi book series (1987-2024). Published volumes of the Ruhi Institute books. (Links to documents, offsite.)
  73. Universal House of Justice. Ruhi Institutes and the Five-Year Plan (2011-12-12). Letter to all National Spiritual Assemblies about the role of the Ruhi Institute, coordination of clusters, education of children, and training institutes in the 2011-2016 5-Year Plan.
  74. Office of Social and Economic Development. Social Action (2012-11-26). A paper sent to all LSAs, and the subject of the plenary talk by Valerie Dana at the 2012 SED conference (Orlando, FL). Prepared by the Office of Social and Economic Development of the Bahá'í World Centre.
  75. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Social Action (2020). Concepts of social and economic development in the Bahá'í teachings; material vs spiritual dimensions of existence; community issues; specific themes of education, agriculture, economics, health, arts, and technology.
  76. Universal House of Justice. Social Action, Public Discourse, and Non-involvement in Political Affairs (2017-04-27). Alternative courses of action to civil disobedience, circumscribed roles for protest, and the freedom that Bahá’ís have to engage in social action and public discourse, particularly in relation to the principle of non-involvement in political affairs.
  77. Christopher G. Gourdine, Justin R. Edgren, Thomas L. Trice, Joseph N. Zlatic. Social Affinity Flow Theory: A New Understanding of Both Human Interaction and the Power of the Baha'i Training Institute Process (2019). On a new explanation of social rifts prevalent in many societies today as well as constructive efforts of social change, including community-building work of the Bahá'í Faith, in both its teachings and its training institute process.
  78. June Manning Thomas. Spatial Strategies for Racial Unity (2020-09). On the nature and approaches of Bahá’í educational programs and community building efforts which seek, in the context of neighborhoods and villages, to raise capacity for service to humanity.
  79. Farzam Arbab. Training Institute and the Main Sequence of Courses, The (2004).
  80. Universal House of Justice. Training Institutes (1998-04). Overview of the efforts thus far made by the worldwide Bahá'í community to establish institutes; review their accomplishments to date and explores their possibilities for further development and potential effect on the process of entry by troops.
  81. International Teaching Centre. Training Institutes: Attaining a Higher Level of Functioning (2017-01). Assistance to Bahá'ís managing institutes, to help better implement the main sequence of courses, the youth spiritual empowerment and education programs, and matters related to the institutional capacity of training institutes.
  82. Universal House of Justice. Training Institutes: Letter to an individual (2001-05-31). Short letter to an individual on the importance of studying the Writings in group training institutes, rather than through independent study; however, both methods are encouraged.
  83. International Teaching Centre. Training Institutes and Systematic Growth (2000-02).
  84. Universal House of Justice. Turning Point: Selected Messages of the Universal House of Justice and Supplementary Material 1996—2006 (2006). Forty-three letters, plans, and documents covering the Four-Year Plan of 1996-2000.
  85. Gustavo Correa. Working for Betterment of Society (2008?).
  86. Ted Slavin. Younger Generation Has Always Had the Power to Reshape Our World, The (2010). Young people have a great potential to shape society. Youth trained to lead junior youth groups are called "animators"; they can help guide activist potential to achieving positive effect.

2.   from the Chronology (34 results; less)

  1. 1995-12-26
      Start of the Institute Process

      In its message of 26 December 1995 to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors the Universal House of Justice announced that a Four Year Plan would be rolled out at Ridván.

    • See as well the Ridván Message 153

      As the term "institute" has assumed various uses in the Bahá'í community, a word of clarification is needed. The next four years will represent an extraordinary period in the history of our Faith, a turning point of epochal magnitude. What the friends throughout the world are now being asked to do is to commit themselves, their material resources, their abilities and their time to the development of a network of training institutes on a scale never before attempted. These centres of Bahá'í learning will have as their goal one very practical outcome, namely, the raising up of large numbers of believers who are trained to foster and facilitate the process of entry by troops with efficiency and love.

  2. 1995-12-31 — In a message from the Universal House of Justice addressed – To the Bahá'ís of the World dated 31 December, 1995 the Four Year Plan was announced.
  3. 1996-04-21
      The Universal House of Justice made further clarifications on the subject of Training Institutes in the message addressed to the Bahá'ís of the World as well as in the regional messages. It placed the establishment and development of training institutes in the context of the far-reaching changes that would characterize the progress of the Faith in this period of Bahá'í history.
      "What the friends throughout the world are now being asked to do is to commit themselves, their material resources, their abilities and their time to the development of a network of training institutes on a scale never before attempted. These centers of Bahá'í learning will have as their goal one very practical outcome, namely, the raising up of large numbers of believers who are trained to foster and facilitate the process of entry by troops with efficiency and love." [Message from the Universal House of Justice Ridván 153, Training Institutes and Systematic Growth (Feb 2000), Mess86-01p489-490 para27-para30]
    • Also see [Extracts from Messages re training institutes]
  4. 1997-04-21 — The Universal House of Justice announced in its Ridván Message that nearly 200 Training Institutes had been established in the previous twelve months. [Mess86-01p580]
  5. 1998-04-01 — The publication of the booklet Training Institutes by the Universal House of Justice. [TP323342]
  6. 1998-04-21 — The Universal House of Justice announced in its Ridvan Message the "ten of thousands of individuals have over the last two years completed at least one institute course." [Mess86-01p612]
  7. 1999-04-21 — The Universal House of Justice announced in its Ridván Message that ....."(t)he further creation of national and regional training institutes, now numbering 344, has pressed this development forward, with the result that, apart from North America and Iran where numerous courses have been given, some 70,000 individuals have already completed at least one institute course." [Mess86-01p668]

    Further, in its message of 26 November 1999 it stated that "An impressive network of training institutes on a scale but dimly imagined at the start of the Plan has been established throughout the world. These nascent centres of learning have made significant strides in developing formal programmes and in putting into place effective systems for the delivery of courses. Reports indicate that the number of believers benefiting directly from training courses has climbed to nearly 100,000." [Message 26 November, 1999]

  8. 2000-03-23 — The publication of the document entitled Training Institutes and Systematic Growth by the International Teaching Centre as a sequel to the one dated April 1998. [Mess86-01p710] See also TP343.
  9. 2001-01-09 — In its message to the Conference of the Continental Board of Counselors to launch the 1st Five Year Plan and Universal House of Justice said, "the training institute is effective not only in enhancing the powers of the individual, but also in vitalizing communities and institutions." It went on to say that "The continued development of training institutes in the diverse countries and territories of the world, then, must be a central feature of the new Plan." [Message from the Universal House of Justice dated 9 January, 2001, Mess86-01p763-764]
  10. 2001-01-12
      The Administrative Order was further developed by the Universal House of Justice in its message to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counselors of 9 January 2001 in which the concept of the "cluster" was first introduced. The cluster, a subdivision of the region, is to be formed on the basis of cultural, language, pattern of transport, infrastructure or the social life of the inhabitants.
    • In its message of 12 December 2011 the Universal House of Justice stated that the cluster should have three coordinators appointed by the Training Institute, one concerned with study circles, junior youth groups and a third for children's classes.
    • National Assemblies worldwide divided their countries into clusters on the basis of demographic, geographic, and socio-economic factors. A third of the resulting 15,000 clusters were in Africa.
    • TP176 says that there are now (17 January 2003) close to 17,000 clusters worldwide, excluding those countries where, for one reason or another, the operation of the Faith is restricted. The number of clusters per country varies widely—from India with its 1,580 to Singapore, which necessarily sees itself as one cluster. Some of the groupings are sparsely populated areas with only a few thousand inhabitants, while the boundaries of others encompass several million people. For the most part, large urban centers under the jurisdiction of one Local Spiritual Assembly have been designated single clusters, these in turn being divided into sectors, so as to facilitate planning and implementation.
  11. 2001-04-21
  12. 2003-04-27
      The publication of Building Momentum: A Coherent Approach to Growth by the International Teaching Centre at the request of the Universal House of Justice. Because of the cancellation of the 9th International Conference this publication had to be sent to all National Spiritual Assemblies rather than giving a copy to the delegates as had been planned. [BW03-04p35] See also TP367.
    • See also the Message from the Universal House of Justice 17 January 2003.
  13. 2005-07-00
  14. 2005-12-28 — In its message to all National Spiritual Assemblies the Universal House of Justice said "we have reached the conclusion that the books of the Ruhi Institute should constitute the main sequence of courses for institutes everywhere..." [28 December 2005]
  15. 2006-04-21
      The launch of the Second Five Year Plan (2006-2011).
    • For the achievements of Plan see The Five Year Plan 2006-2011; Summary of Achievements and Learning, prepared under the supervision of the International Teaching Centre, published by the Bahá'í World Centre, September 2011.
    • See Message from the Universal House of Justice dated 28 December 2005.
    • See Message 12 December 2011 a letter that has been labelled Ruhi Institutes and the Five Year Plan.
    • For the definitive report see The Five Year Plan, 2006-2011 Summary of Achievements (PDF) prepared under the supervision of the International Teaching Centre.
    • The core activities delineated for it were:
        -Study Circles
        -Children's Classes
        -Devotional Gatherings
        -Junior Youth Groups
        -Intensive Programs of Growth in "A" Clusters
        -One of the goals was the numerical goal of achieving Intensive Programmes of Growth in no less than 1,500 clusters throughout the world.
  16. 2008-04-00
      The publication of Attaining the Dynamics of Growth: Glimpses from Five Continents by International Teaching Centre. The Universal House of Justice asked the International Teaching Centre to choose one example from each continent of an intensive programme of growth and prepare a document to demonstrate at once the diversity of conditions in which the believers everywhere were labouring and the coherent vision that united them as they advanced the process of entry by troops. The document consisted of five case studies and a closing analysis.
  17. 2008-04-29
  18. 2009-11-02
      A new initiative of the UN Development Programme and the Alliance of Religions and Conservation launched at Windsor Castle afforded the Bahá'í International Community the opportunity to begin to apply the framework of action underlying the Institute Process to the problem of climate change. Represented by the Bahá'í International Community, the Bahá'í Faith joined other world religions in articulating a Seven-Year Plan for Generational Change with respect to environmental stewardship. Their plan, one of the 31 presented, outlined a community-based methodology of social transformation rooted in the spiritual development of the individual and the channeling of collective energies towards service to humanity. [One Country]
    • During the conference BIC representatives Tahirih Naylor and Arthur Lyon Dahl were presented with certificates from HRH Prince Philip, the founder of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC). [BIC History 2009]
  19. 2011-04-09 — The debut of the film A Deeper Calling: Reflections on the transformative power of Prayer. This film was created for the 2022 World Conference in Brisbane, Australia (8-10 April, 2022), and was one of hundreds of global conferences taking place after being called for by the Universal House of Justice. It is is a short film which shares the stories of five youth from Inala, a small neighbourhood in Brisbane, Australia. It explores what each of these young people have learnt about the power of prayer through their involvement in the Ruhi Institute Process and Baha'i community life.
  20. 2011-04-21
      The launch of the Third Five Year Plan (2011-2016).
    • The main goals of the Plan were:
        - To raise the number of clusters with a Programme of Growth from 1,500 to 5,000
        -The institutions will mature their own dynamic process.   -The individuals will spare no effort to increase participation. Habits of thought will evolve to reduce dichotomies and learn process.   -With the maturity of the institutions, cooperation and reciprocity will increase among the three protagonists.   - will be continued expansion of the programs of intensive growth as well as material development.   - centennial of the writing of the Tablets of the Divine Plan will be commemorated.   - National Mashriqu'l-Adhkárs to be constructed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Papua New Guinea
        - Local Mashriqu'l-Adhkárs planned for clusters. The first five were to be in Battambang, Cambodia; Matunda Soy, in Kenya; in Bihar Sharif, India; Norte del Cauca, in Colombia; and in Tanna, Vanuatu.
    • See the message from the Universal House of Justice dated 28 December, 2010 addressed to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors. Other message are:
  21. 2011-12-11 — The announcement by the Universal House of Justice of the creation of "an International Advisory Board to assist the Ruhi Institute in overseeing its system for the preparation, production, and distribution of materials, the content and structure of which now draw extensively on Bahá'í experience worldwide in applying the teachings and principles of the Faith to the life of humanity. As it gradually takes up its work, the Board will be able to respond to related issues and follow the development of supplementary materials that are aligned with the direction set by the global Plans". [December 11, 2011]
  22. 2012-11-26 — The Universal House of Justice shared, in a message to all National Assemblies, a statement prepared by the Office of Social and Economic Development at the Bahá'í World Centre, a statement on the subject of and with the title of, Social Action. The statement offered a brief overview of the involvement of the Bahá'í community in the area of social and economic development, placing it in the context of current activity at the level of the cluster. In this connection, the House of Justice requested the Bahá'í Community to make clear that the distribution of the document should not be seen as a call for widespread action in this area; it was intended as an instrument to further raise consciousness about the nature of social action and some of the methods it employed. [Message from the Universal House of Justice dated 26 November, 2012]
  23. 2016-04-21
      The launch of the Fourth Five Year Plan (2016-2021).
    • The principal goals of the Plan were to "seek to raise the number of clusters where a programme of growth has become intensive to 5,000 by Riḍván 2021" and to add "several hundred more" to some two hundred clusters that have already advanced beyond the third milestone. [Message dated 29 December 2015 from the Universal House of Justice to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors.

      Other messages related to the Plan are:

      • 2 January 2016 – To the Bahá'ís of the World
      • 26 March 2016 – To the Bahá'ís of the World acting under the Mandate of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
      • 26 March 2016 – To the chosen recipients of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablets of the Divine Plan, the Bahá'ís of the United States and the Bahá'ís of Canada
      • Riḍván 2016 – To the Bahá'ís of the World

        Objectives

      • institute process to gain strength
      • strengthen the pattern of life (Nucleus of friends 29 December2015)
      • build the capacity to accompany
      • widen the circle of participation
      • to have 5,000 intensive programs of growth
      • there will be "Precious possibilities that will not return" (Ridván2016)
      • the Area Teaching Committes to rise to a new level of functioning
      • the Local Spiritual Assemblies development for increased capacity
      • to commemorate the Bicentenials in 2017 and 2019, the Ascension in 2021
      • All the the followers of Bahá'u'lláh have learned in the last 20 year will culminate in the accomplishments of the next 5. [29 December 2015]
  24. 2017-01-00 — The publication of Training Institutes: Attaining a Higher Level of Functioning by the International Teaching Centre. This comprehensive document prepared by the International Teaching Centre in January 2017 provides an in depth analysis of the guidance about the main sequence of courses, the junior youth spiritual empowerment program, the program for the spiritual education of children and the processes involved in developing institutional capacity.
  25. 2017-10-17 — The release of the film Light to the World. The 51 minute film recounted the story of Bahá'u'lláh's remarkable life and the impact of His teachings on communities around the world. [BWNS1208]
  26. 2018-04-27 — The publication of the booklet entitled For the Betterment of the World by the Office of Social and Economic Development to be made available to the more than 1,300 delegates at the International Bahá'í Convention. As with the editions published in 2003 and 2008, it provided an illustration of the Bahá'í community's ongoing process of learning and action in the field of social and economic development. [BWNS1255]
  27. 2018-04-30
      The announcement of the election of the 12th Universal House of Justice. Those elected were Paul Lample, Chuungu Malitonga, Payman Mohajer, Shahriar Razavi, Stephen Hall, Ayman Rouhani, Stephen Birkland, Juan Francisco Mora, and Praveen Mallik. [BWNS1258]
    • The twelfth International Bahá'í Convention was held from the 29th of April until the 2nd of May. In the election of the Universal House of Justice over 1,300 ballots were cast by representatives of 160 national communities. [BWNS1256, BWNS1257, BWNS1259, BWNS1261]
    • See Vimeo for a short film of the International Convention by Farideh Baki-Nasseri.
    • The film A Widening Embrace was screened at the Convention, enriching the consultations of the delegates. It is a documentary film about the community-building efforts of the Bahá'í world. Many of the themes discussed over the days of the Convention were highlighted in the practical examples presented in the documentary which tells the story of the transformation of communities unfolding throughout the world by featuring the process in 24 communities representing different realities and contexts. The 77-minute film, which was commissioned by the Universal House of Justice, was made available in English, Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic, and Persian. [BWNS1260] .
  28. 2018-04-31
      Some 80 members of the Continental Boards of Counsellors met for a conference at the Bahá'í World Centre following the 12th International Bahá'í Convention. On that occasion, the Counsellors were able to reflect on major developments in Bahá'í communities around the world. In order to share their experiences some of their stories were recorded and made available via podcasts. The Counsellors discussed the impact of spiritual and moral education programs offered by the Bahá'í community on youth and the communities in which they live, drawing on experiences in Cambodia, Kiribati, India, Norway, Spain, and Timor Leste (or East Timor). [BWNS1264]
    • Counsellors in Africa, Alain Pierre Djoulde, Clément Thyrrell Feizouré, Maina Mkandawire, and Judicaël Mokolédiscuss discussed endeavours in the field of education in that continent. [BWNS1269]
    • The podcasts can be found here or on SoundCloud.
  29. 2018-09-21 — The Bahá'í World Centre announced the release of three short films that highlighted aspects of the community building endeavours of Bahá'ís and like-minded friends around the world. Totaling about 32 minutes, the new films covered three themes: nurturing younger generations, exploring the empowerment of junior youth, and communities learning to advance together. The films complement the recently produced documentary film A Widening Embrace released in April. [BWNS1286]

    The films can be downloaded using the link below:
    Nurturing younger generations
    Exploring the empowerment of junior youth
    Communities learning to advance together

  30. 2021-04 21 — Core Activities: 2016 100,000          2021 300,000

    Participants in Core Activities: 2016 approx 333,000          2021 2,000,000

    Number of National and Regional Training Institutes in Operation:      2021 329

    Number of participants who have complete at least one book in the sequence:      2021 750,000

    Number of courses completed by participants in the main sequence of courses: 2016 approx. 666,666     2021 2,000,000

    Number of Clusters with an Intensive Program of Growth:      2021 approx. 4,000

    Number of Cluster that have passed the third milestone: 2016 20 in 40 countries          2021 1,000 in nearly 100 countries. [Riḍván Message 2021]

  31. 2021-04-20
      The end of the Five Year Plan marked the conclusion of a series of plans that began in 1996 with the Four Year Plan (1996-2000) and the call to establish a series of Training Institutes. Next came the Twelve Month Plan (2000-2001) followed by four Five Year Plans, 2001-2006,2006-2011, 2011-2016 and finally, the Fourth Five Year Plan (2016-2021). For a synopsis of the progress of the Faith during this period see the Ridván Message.

      Achievements of the last Five Year Plan (2016-2021)

    • Two Bicentenaries were commemorated, the anniversary of the birth of Bahá'u'lláh on the 21st and the 22nd of October in 2017 and the birth of the Báb on the 29th and 30th of October in 2019.
    • The last continental House of Worship was completed in Santiago in 2016.
    • Other Houses of Worship were completed, Battambang (National)(2017), Villa Rica Cauca (Local) (2018), Port Moresby(National) (2016), Matunda Soy (Local) (2019), and Tanna (Local) (2019).
    • Designs for Houses of Worship in Bihar Sharif and Kinshasa were completed in 2020.
    • Some 300,000 core activities were sustained, a rise from 100,000 at the beginning of the Plan. Participation had risen above 2,000,000 (3 fold).
    • There were some 329 national and regional training institutes in operation.
    • By this time 750,000 people had completed Book 1. The number of courses completed by individuals was at 2,000,000, a rise of over 1/3 in 5 years.
    • Clusters where there were Intensive Programs of Growth was at 4,000 (hindered by the global health crisis).
    • Those Clusters where the third Milestone was passed was at 200 in 40 counties at the beginning of the Plan has risen to 1,000 in 100 countries. There were over 30 clusters where the number of core activities exceeded 1,000, in places, several thousand involving the participation of more than 20,000 people in a single cluster.
    • Evidence of the society-building power of the Faith was becoming more and more evident. In some instances there has been a movement of populations where age-old hostilities were being left behind. A significant advance in the process of entry by troops has been achieved.
    • There has been an "undreamed capacity to learn, to grow, and to serve humanity.

      This date marked the beginning of the Third Epoch of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Divine Plan. [Message 30 December 2021]

  32. 2022-01-01 — The Universal House of Justice announced that the courses of the Ruhi Institute would continue to be a prominent feature of the educational endeavours of all training institutes during this new series of global Plans. The Ruhi Institute will, during the Nine Year Plan, complete the preparation of all the materials it has outlined for use in children's classes, junior youth groups, and study circles, and the revision of published editions as necessary in light of experience. However, beyond what it has already delineated, it is not expected to develop new materials to be used worldwide. [Message 1 January 2022]
  33. 2022-04-21
      In a letter dated 25 November 2020 the Universal House of Justice announced a Nine Year Plan to begin at Ridván 2022. In the letter to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors dated 30 December 2021 the details were announced.

      Objectives:

    • establish programs of growth in all cluster in the world (22,000) 14,000 at some level and 11,000 intensive, with 5,000 past the third milestone.
    • establish at least on Milestone Three cluster in every country and every region of the world. This "constitutes on of the Plan's chief objectives"
    • deployment of teams of international and homefront pioneers.
    • enrollments "wide open" involvement of families and households as larger groups embrace the pattern of Bahá'í life.
    • expanding nucleus
    • coordination of large numbers as more communities enter the 3rd milestone
    • maturation of Bahá'í institutions
    • in areas where activities reach high degree of prevalence the inhabitants now possess a substantially increased capacity to steer the course of their own development, and the institutions and agencies of the Faith there now have an expanded vision of their responsibilities.
    • more efforts to support social and economic development
    • participation in the discourses of society as a means of releasing what the Guardian described as "the society-building power" of the Faith.
    • It will be heralded by the convocation of a series of conferences held over a span of months across the globe. [25 November 2020]
  34. 2023-04-30
      The film, An Expansive Prospect, commissioned by the Universal House of Justice, was screened at the 13th International Bahá'í Convention.

      The 72 minute film highlighted efforts in four regions of the world where people, communities, and institutions were striving together to channel the transformative power of the Bahá'í teachings toward social change. It was scripted in English with subtitled versions in other languages. A voiceover version of the film in Arabic was also made available.

    • It can be found on YouTube in the original English. Other versions include Russian, Spanish, French, Farsi, and Arabic.
 
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