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Date 1953-04-20, descending sort earliest first

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1953 20 Apr The Second Seven Year Plan ended with 2,425 localities, 611 local spiritual assemblies, 100 countries, islands and dependencies opened to the Faith. There were 12 national assemblies to this date; [UC43]
    Accomplishments:
  • NSAs in Canada, Central and South America;
  • Assisted the systematic spread of Faith in Europe, incl. forming 10 LSAs in goal cities;
  • Interior ornamentation complete;
  • Supported the building of the Shrine of the Báb;
  • Expansion and more LSAs on homefront. [The Spiritual Conquest of the Planet (Supplement) p2]
  • From 1921 to this time the Faith had expanded to 128 countries and territories, 15 during the time of Baha'u'llah, 20 during the time of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and an additional 58 under the stewardship of the Guardian. [Patheos website]
  • - Teaching Plans; Second Seven Year Plan, US and CA (1946-1953); Statistics

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