- 1962-10-00 —
A property was acquired outside of Gwalior, India, for a teaching institute. [DM192]
- The institute was later converted into a boarding hostel solely for Indian children and still later into the 'Rabbani School', now an accredited agricultural school. [DM192–3; VV82]
- 1964-04-00 — The Universal House of Justice, in its message of 24 April, 1964 called for the acquisition of thirty-two Teaching Institutes during the Nine Year Plan (1964-1973) in areas where there was large-scale teaching.
- 1975-05-02 — The first teaching institute of the Bahamas took place in Nassau. [BW16:207]
- 1981-11-27 —
The inauguration of Radio Bahá'í Peru at Chucuito near Puno on the shore of Del Lago Titicaca (Lake Titicaca). [Mess63-86p510]
- Its associated teaching institute was completed for use soon thereafter, going immediately into intensive service.
- At one point in the 80's they were broadcasting at 1 kw on the medium-wave for ten hours per day in.the Spanish, Quechua and Aymara languages. [BW18p111]
- See also Bahá'í News May, 1987.
- Picture of the site.
- 1984-03-21 —
The inauguration of Radio Bahá'í of Bolivia on the medium-wave band at Caracollo, Bolivia. Construction of the new station and its associated Teaching Institute was completed in January 1984 and inaugurated on March 21, the Baha'i new year Naw-Ruz. [Mess63-86p619]
- A country-wide radio production and broadcasting programme began in 1983 as prelude to opening of the station. [BW18p111]
- The radio station reaches a region in Bolivia and Peru encompassing more than four hundred Local Spiritual Assemblies. Its mission is the socioeconomic development of the indigenous Bahá'ís in that region. Farsheed Ferdowsi and his brothers provided partial funding for this project in memory of their father, Fatollah Ferdowsi. To their pleasant surprise, the National Spiritual Assembly of Bolivia decided to name the Teaching Institute after him. [The Ferdowsi Institute]
- 1986-01-31 —
The announcement of the inaugural broadcast of Radio Bahá'í Panama. [Mess63-86p710]
- It was situated in the Chiriqui area of western Panama as part of the Guaymi Educational Centre complex at Soloy.
- Also see One Country.
- See BWNS1462 for a story on how this radio station served the community during the 2020 pandemic.
- 1988-10-02 —
One hundred and twenty people in Hong Kong and 280 in Macau become Bahá'ís as a result of teaching institutes. [BINS189:8]
- A later report stated that more than 600 people in Macau had become Bahá'ís. [BINS194:3]
- 1991-00-00 — The publication of Centres of Bahá'í Learning, a compilation of writings from Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice on the subject of Bahá'í Summer Schools and Teaching Institutes.
- 2006-11-00 — The publication of Turning Point: 1996–2006, Selected Messages of the Universal House of Justice and Supplementary Material. It was published by Palabra Publications, West Palm Beach, FL
Part I: Selected Messages of the Universal House of Justice. (26 December 1995 to Ridván 2006)
Part II: Global Plans: Fundamental Concepts
Advancing the Process of Entry by Troops
Two Essential Movements
Learning in Action
Learning to Be Systematic
Learning to Maintain Focus
Learning to Develop Human Resources for Expansion and Consolidation
Learning to Open Aspects of Bahá’í Community Life to Others
Learning to Reach Receptive Populations
Learning to Exercise Disciplined Initiative and to Participate in Collective Action
Learning to Administer Growth
Learning to Plan and to Mobilize
Part III: Additional Documents
Training Institutes, a document prepared for and approved by the Universal House of Justice, April 1998
Training Institutes and Systematic Growth, a document prepared by the International Teaching Centre, February 2000
Building Momentum: A Coherent Approach to Growth, a document prepared by the International Teaching Centre, April 2003
Impact of Growth on Administration Processes, a document prepared by the International Teaching Centre, July 2005
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