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Baháʼí News was founded as part of Shoghi Effendi's strengthening of the administration of the Baháʼí Faith in his role as Guardian.As William Garlington writes in his book The Baha'i Faith in America, "[E]mphasis was placed on developing positive methods of communication between the various Baha'i administrative institutions.
The greater covenant refers to the covenant all messengers from God make with their followers regarding the next messenger God will send for them. [1] According to Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, God promises to always send divine teachers to instruct humankind in a process known as progressive revelation. [2]
Covenant-breaker is a term used in the Baháʼí Faith to refer to a person who has been excommunicated from the Baháʼí community for breaking the Covenant of Baháʼu'lláh, meaning actively promoting schism in the religion or otherwise opposing the legitimacy of the chain of succession of leadership.
During the course of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s journeys to the west during 1911 and 1912-1913 he clearly summarized the basic principles underlying Baháʼu’llah's teachings, which together with the laws and ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas constitute the foundation of the Baháʼí Faith:
William McElwee Miller (1892–1993) was a Presbyterian missionary in Iran who published a polemic titled The Baha'i Faith (1974), in which he attacked the religion by promoting the views of individuals opposing Baháʼí leadership. [14]
Although Los Angeles is far from solving homelessness, the numbers did go down in the city (by 2.2%) for the first time since 2018 — and the numbers were flat in the county.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass chats with California Governor Gavin Newsom while surveying damage during the Palisades Fire on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, in Pacific Palisades, CA.
[173] Bahá’ís believe Bahá’u’lláh's Covenant is the distinguishing feature of his Faith that preserves its unity and protects it from breaking into sects, [181] [182] [183] [t] as happened in older world religions after the deaths of their founders. To this day the Bahá’í Faith remains undivided.