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1957 Oct
195- |
From a message from the Guardian dated October 1957
Number of Bahá'í Centres from 2500 to 4500
Number of sovereign States and Dependencies: from 128 to 254
Number of National and Regional Spiritual Assemblies; from 12 to 26
Number of Local Spiritual Assemblies; more than 1,000
Number of islands open to the Faith: 70
The erection and completion of the International Bahá'í Archives Building at a cost of $250M
The enlargement of
the scope of Bahá'í international endowments
in the twin cities of 'Akka and Haifa at a present value of $5.5m
The Bahá'í holdings in Iran estimated at over 40m tumans
The acquisition of 48 National Haziratu'l-Quds at more than $500
The founding of Bahá'í national endowments in no less than 50 capitals and chief cities on all five continents, at a cost of at least $150,000
The initiation of the construction of the Mother Temples of both Africa and Australia
The purchase of 11 Temple sites for over $400,000
The incorporation of over 90 national and local Spiritual assemblies raising the global total to over 200
The translation of Bahá'í literature into 148 languages bringing the total to 237
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- Bahá'í World Centre; Endowments; Statistics |
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1957 Oct
195- |
The third contingent of Hands of the Cause of God was appointed: Enoch Olinga, William Sears, John Robarts, Hasan Balyuzi, John Ferraby, Collis Featherstone, Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir and Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. [GBF111; MBW127; PP254, 442; SS47]
See TG160 for the story of how Enoch Olinga reacted to the news of being appointed a Hand of the Cause of God. |
- Hands of the Cause; Abu'l-Qásim Faizí; Collis Featherstone; Enoch Olinga; Haifa, Israel; Hands of the Cause, Appointments; Hands of the Cause, Contingents; Hands of the Cause, Third Contingent; Hasan Balyuzi; John Ferraby; John Robarts; Raḥmatu’lláh Muhájir; William Sears |
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