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Tag: "Clusters"

tag name Clusters type: Administration; Institute process; Terminology
web link bahai-library.com/tags/Clusters
referring tags Reading social reality
selected quotations
(authoritative sources)

These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts:

"... to focus attention on smaller geographic areas. Most of these will consist of a cluster of villages and towns, but, sometimes, a large city and its suburbs may constitute an area of this kind. Among the factors that determine the boundaries of a cluster are culture, language, patterns of transport, infrastructure, and the social and economic life of the inhabitants. The areas into which a region divides will fall into various categories of development..."

– Universal House of Justice, letter dated 9 January 2001, to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors

references bahaipedia.org/Cluster; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Clusters

"Clusters" has been tagged in:

13 results from the Main Catalog

3 results from the Chronology

from the main catalog (13 results; expand)

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  1. 2025-12-31. Message to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors. Universal House of Justice. — Regarding the progress of the Nine Year Plan of the worldwide Baha’i community (2022–2031). UHJ-letters.
  2. 2025-04-21. Evolving Administrative Order, An. Bahá'í World. — The Baha’i administrative order, evolving globally, fosters unity, decentralization, and social tr... Articles.
  3. 2023-11-28. Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice. — Overview of the Faith's developments and activities during the previous century, including the Guard... UHJ-letters.
  4. 2021-12-30. Message to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors on the Nine Year Plan. Universal House of Justice. — Features of the new 9-Year Plan, "the first major undertaking in a sacred twenty-five-year venture, ... UHJ-letters.
  5. 2020-09. Spatial Strategies for Racial Unity. June Manning Thomas. — On the nature and approaches of Baha’i educational programs and community building efforts which s... Articles.
  6. 2017. Race, Place, and Clusters: Current Vision and Possible Strategies. June Manning Thomas. — Division by place affects the possibilities for racial unity, especially in fragmented U.S. metropol... Articles.
  7. 2016. Bahá'í Glossary, A. Neil McMillan, Brian Didier, Susan Gammage, ed. . — A glossary of Baha'i principles and concepts, as derived from hundreds of messages of the Universal ... Glossaries.
  8. 2013. Materials Studied at the 114 Global Youth Conferences in 2013. Bahá'í World Centre. — Compilation presenting materials studied during the global Baha’i youth conferences in 2013, organ... Study.
  9. 2009-05-15. Role of the Local Assembly in Cluster Growth. Universal House of Justice, International Teaching Centre, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. — Practical guidelines for LSAs to organize and teach more effectively. Compilations.
  10. 2007-09-30. Message on clusters, institutes, and growth. International Teaching Centre. — Message from the Counsellors on growth and enrollments. UHJ-letters.
  11. 2007-04-19. Ridvan Message to the US National Spiritual Assembly. Universal House of Justice. — Brief discussion of clusters and the low rate of enrollments in the United States. UHJ-letters.
  12. 2006. Learning to Respond to Emerging New Realities: Messages from the Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice. — Two letters to the US NSA dealing with expansion and administration, and a document prepared by the ... UHJ-documents.
  13. 2004. Core Activities of the Five Year Plan and the Movement of Clusters. Farzam Arbab. Talks.

from the Chronology (3 results; expand)

  1. 2001-01-12 — The Administrative Order was further developed by the Universal House of Justice in its message to t...
  2. 2005-07-00 — The publication of Impact of Growth on Administration Processes by the International Teaching Centre...
  3. 2016-08-04 — In a letter to National Spiritual Assemblies, communities were encouraged to establish electoral uni...
 
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