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The Baháʼí Faith in Barbados begins with a mention by

Hand of the Cause ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá attended the inaugural election of the Barbados Baháʼís National Spiritual Assembly in 1981.[5]

Size and demographics

The government census of 2010 reported 178 Baháʼís on the island,[6] and Baháʼís report about 400 members.[7]

The UN Statistics Division estimated 98 Baháʼís in 2016,[8] and in 2010 the Association of Religion Data Archives (relying on World Christian Encyclopedia) estimated some 1.2% of Barbadians - some 3,300 - were Baháʼís.[9]

Pre-history

Hubert Parris may well be the first Barbadian to encounter the

Rich Square where he became known as a Baháʼí.[21][36]

ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, the son of the founder of the religion, wrote a series of letters, or

Star of the West magazine on December 12, 1919.[1]

His Holiness

Watling Island, have great importance…[37]

In 1927 Leonora Armstrong was the first Baháʼí to visit and give lectures about the Baháʼí Faith in many Latin American countries including Barbados as part of her plan to complement and complete Martha Root's unfulfilled intention of visiting all the Latin American countries for the purpose of presenting the religion to an audience.[2]

Seven Year Plan and succeeding decades

Shoghi Effendi wrote a cable on May 1, 1936 to the Baháʼí Annual Convention of the United States and Canada, and asked for the systematic implementation of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's vision to begin.[38] In his cable he wrote:

Appeal to assembled delegates ponder historic appeal voiced by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá in Tablets of the Divine Plan. Urge earnest deliberation with incoming National Assembly to insure its complete fulfillment. First century of Baháʼí Era drawing to a close. Humanity entering outer fringes most perilous stage its existence. Opportunities of present hour unimaginably precious. Would to God every State within American Republic and every Republic in American continent might ere termination of this glorious century embrace the light of the Faith of Baháʼu'lláh and establish structural basis of His World Order.[39]

Following the May 1 cable, another cable from Shoghi Effendi came on May 19 calling for permanent

Local Spiritual Assemblies
began to form in 1938 across the rest of Latin America.

The first Baha'i enrolled in the Bahamas, Charles Winfield Small, was also the next to visit Barbados when he did so in 1958.

pioneers and there may have been 2 native Barbadians.[3] By April 1965 two assemblies - a minimum of 18 people including Woodlen - were formed.[4] However Woodlen died in June when on a return trip to the States[41] though her will provided for a center.[42]

Inter/National development

As far back as 1951 the Baháʼís had organized a regional National Assembly for the combination of Mexico, Central America and the Antilles islands.

Ruhiyyih Khanum when she toured Caribbean Islands for five weeks in 1970.[45]
The five days of Ruhiyyih Khanum's stay there was packed with activities. She met with the Governor General Sir Winston Scott who also happened to be a medical man and discussed the Faith and allied topics for over half an hour in a most cordial interview. The press and radio coverage was excellent. Prominent women listened to an informal talk given at a reception in her honor. A one-day deepening and teaching school was held at which all the Baha'is as well as their interested friends were present and Ruhiyyih Khanum also addressed a public meeting and was interviewed on a weekly program on the radio program.

From 1972 the regional assembly was reorganized for

Hand of the Cause ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá attended the inaugural election of the Barbados Baháʼí National Spiritual Assembly in 1981.[5]

Modern community

Since its inception the religion has had involvement in

socio-economic development[47][48] The religion entered a new phase of activity when a message of the Universal House of Justice dated 20 October 1983 was released.[49] Baháʼís were urged to seek out ways, compatible with the Baháʼí teachings
, in which they could become involved in the social and economic development of the communities in which they lived. Worldwide in 1979 there were 129 officially recognized Baháʼí socio-economic development projects. By 1987, the number of officially recognized development projects had increased to 1482.

See also

References

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  3. ^ a b "NSA of United States Reports Status of Goals In Atlantic and Caribbean Areas; Present Status of Goals". Baháʼí News. No. 407. February 1965. p. 1.
  4. ^ a b "New Goals Won in the Caribbean Area". Baháʼí News. No. 412. July 1965. p. 9.
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  6. ^ "Redatam". Census. Barbados Statistical Service. 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
  7. ^ "Welcome to the Barbados Baha'i Website". National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is Of Barbados. Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
  8. ^ UN Statistics Division (2020-08-19). "Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence". UNData. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  9. ^ "Most Baha'i Nations (2010) | QuickLists | The Association of Religion Data Archives". www.thearda.com. Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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