Bibliography 2: #BIB39532

Key	BIB39532
Reference type	Electronic Article
Title	The Increase in the Number of Local Spiritual Assemblies during the Ten Year Crusade in the Continental United States
Author	Kolins, Steven
Year	2024
Publisher	Corinne True Center for Bahá'í History
Place published	[Place not stated]
Abstract	The Ten Year Crusade raised the number of local spiritual assemblies in the continental United States from around 170 to about 330, exceeding the goal of 300. The goal was announced during Rúḥíyyih Khánum’s talk at the National Convention of 1953. A leading theme of her talk was 'dispersing' Bahá’ís from communities of over 15 adults. Several hundred people eventually homefront-pioneered to goal cities and other places of their choosing. Overall, the number of new assemblies in localities that were not official goals led the growth. Goal cities the National Spiritual Assembly assigned significantly contributed to the increase and were the only new assemblies that formed in some areas. In some cases, assemblies were lost when pioneers moved away despite the emphasis on preserving assembly status, but many more assemblies were gained than were lost during the Crusade, even though the American community also sent several hundred pioneers overseas to international goals. In addition to the number of assemblies, the number of localities with groups of Bahá’ís and isolated Bahá’ís also increased.
Language	English
Keywords	LOCAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY; UNITED STATES; TEN YEAR CRUSADE, 1953-1963; GROWTH
URL	https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Tds2cRKXb_CIttlXIhIInqqX7AapExg/edit
Pages	12
Type of work	text
File attachments	internal-pdf://2479880986/Kolins - Increase_LSAs_Ten_Year_Crusade.pdf

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