Architecture at the Bahá'í House of Worship for North America
Architecture at the Bahá'í House of Worship for North America
Seven Wonders of Illinois: Baha'i House of Worship
Behold the wonder of the Chicagoland area. The Baha'i Temple in Wilmette is visited by more than 250,000 people of every faith each year and is the oldest of the seven Baha'i temples, not to mention the only one in North America.
Bahá’í House of Worship | Wilmette, United States
Baha'i House of Worship Wilmette, Illinois (Vlog #9)
Baha'i House of Worship Wilmette, Illinois(Vlog #9)
Happy New Year Everyone! I hope you had a great time celebrating welcoming a fresh start. In this vlog, I decided to visit Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, one of only eight Baha'i in the world- the only one in North America. It's been in my bucket list since I migrated to United States, and finally as the year starts, I already scratch it off! What a way to start the year!
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Bahai Temple in Wilmette Illinois: The Bahá'í House of Worship
The Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, is the oldest surviving Bahá'í House of Worship in the world, and the only one in the United States. Watch the full tour here:
INSIDE Bahá'í House of Worship (Wilmette, Illinois) - Amazing structure and details
The Bahá'í House of Worship (or Bahá'í Temple) in Wilmette, Illinois, is the oldest surviving Baha'i House of Worship in the world, and the only one in the United States
The Temple History Design and Construction
History, Design and Construction of the Baha'i House of Worship in North America
Baha'i Temple Wilmette IL
The cornerstone for the Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois was brought to the site by Nettie Tobin and accepted in 1912 by 'Abdu'l-Bahá during his only visit to the United States and Canada. Construction began in 1921 and was completed in 1953, with a delay of several years during the Great Depression and World War II. The Wilmette House of Worship is the largest and the oldest surviving Bahá'í House of Worship. Known by Baha'is as the Mother Temple of the West and formally as the Bahá'í House of Worship for the North American Continent, it stands in north suburban Cook County, on the shores of Lake Michigan, at 42°04′27.88″N 87°41′05.89″W. The cladding is made of white portland cement concrete with both clear and white quartz aggregate. It has received numerous design awards, and is a prominent Chicago-area landmark. In 1978, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The Bahá'í Faith ( /bəˈhaɪ/) is a monotheistic religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in 19th-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind. There are an estimated five to six million Bahá'ís around the world in more than 200 countries and territories. In the Bahá'í Faith, religious history is seen to have unfolded through a series of divine messengers, each of whom established a religion that was suited to the needs of the time and the capacity of the people. These messengers have included Abraham, the Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad and others, and most recently the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh. In Bahá'í belief, each consecutive messenger prophesied of messengers to follow, and Bahá'u'lláh's life and teachings fulfilled the end-time promises of previous scriptures. Humanity is understood to be in a process of collective evolution, and the need of the present time is for the gradual establishment of peace, justice and unity on a global scale. The word Bahá'í is used either as an adjective to refer to the Bahá'í Faith or as a term for a follower of Bahá'u'lláh. The word is not a noun meaning the religion as a whole. It is derived from the Arabic Bahá, meaning glory or splendour.The term Bahaism (or Baha'ism) has been used in the past, but the generally accepted name for the religion is the Bahá'í Faith.
[Source: Wikipedia]
Compilation of all The Bahá'í Temples (until Oct 2019)
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the footage used in this video.
I couldn't find a comprehensive video online having aerial footage of all the Bahá'í Houses of Worship (or Temples), so I put this version together.
The showcased temples are as follows:
===== Continental Houses of Worship =====
1. Wilmette, Illinois, U.S (completed in 1953)
2. Kampala, Uganda (dedicated on January 13, 1961)
3. Sydney (Ingleside), New South Wales, Australia (dedicated on September 17, 1961)
4. Hofheim-Langenhain, Germany (dedicated on July 4, 1964)
5. Panama City, Panama (dedicated April 29–30, 1972)
6. Tiapapata, Samoa (dedicated on September 1, 1984)
7. Delhi, India (dedicated on December 1986)
8. Santiago, Chile (dedicated on October 19, 2016)
===== Local and National Houses of Worship =====
9. Battambang, Cambodia (dedicated on September 1–2, 2017)
10. Agua Azul, Colombia (dedicated on July 22, 2018)
11. Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (renders for now as it is under construction)
For more info, please visit: bahai.org
Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois
The oldest surviving Bahá'í House of Worship in the world, located in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette. This is also the only Bahá'í House of Worship in the United States.
Greenwood St., Wilmette IL
Driving east on Greenwood St. in the CAGE in East Wilmette
Four Seasons at the Baha'i House of Worship
Four seasons at the Baha'i House of Worship in North America
MY PERSPECTIVE by Benjamin - Baha'i House of Worship
The Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, is the oldest surviving Bahá'í House of Worship in the world, and the only one in the United States. In 1903, a small group of Bahá'ís in downtown Chicago first discussed the idea of a Bahá'í House of Worship in the Chicago area. At the time, the world's first House of Worship was being built in Ashgabat, in what is now Turkmenistan. A Bahá'í from Chicago named Corinne Knight True went on pilgrimage to British Mandated Palestine in 1907 to visit `Abdu'l-Bahá, then leader of the religion, and tell him of the growing interest in a local house of worship. `Abdu'l-Bahá gave his blessing to the project, but recommended that the structure be built away from the Chicago business district, in a more quiet area near Lake Michigan. The Bahá'ís considered building the temple in Chicago's Jackson Park or the suburb of Evanston, but eventually settled on Wilmette, Illinois, just north of Evanston. True began coordinating work and acted as the treasurer of the growing effort and it became a solace to her life in the face of many personal challenges. Subsequently American Bahá’ís came to refer to her as the mother of the Temple and she was eventually appointed one of the Hands of the Cause of the religion. The Bahá'í administrative body True initiated by direction of `Abdu'l-Bahá, the Bahá'í Temple Unity, began purchasing land and gradually assumed larger responsibilities across communities until it was renamed the National Spiritual Assembly.
OUTSIDE Bahá'í House of Worship (Wilmette, Illinois) - Amazing structure and details
The Bahá'í House of Worship (or Bahá'í Temple) in Wilmette, Illinois, is the oldest surviving Baha'i House of Worship in the world, and the only one in the United States
What the Wilmette House of Worship means to us
A video featuring three individuals at the Wilmette Baha'i House of Worship - one who works there, a visitor who is Baha'i and another who is not. Take a look at what the House of Worship means to them.
What is the Baha'i Religion?
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Sources:
Bahá'í Community of Canada. Bahá'í Community of Canada. Accessed August 04, 2017.
Hatcher, William S., and James Douglas Martin. The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global Religion. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahai Publishing, 2002.
McMullen, Michael. The Bahá'í: The Religious Construction of a Global Identity. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2000.
Religion: Bahá'í. BBC. Accessed August 04, 2017.
The Bahá'í Faith. The Bahá'í Faith - The website of the worldwide Bahá'í community. Accessed August 04, 2017.
What Bahá'ís Believe. What Bahá'ís Believe | The Bahá'í Faith. Accessed August 04, 2017.
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A Model of Spiritually Based Elections
For more info visit bahai.us
Imagine an election without nominations, candidates or campaigning—an election that operates in a spiritual atmosphere and is based entirely on principled conduct.
To those who equate elections with divisiveness, mud-slinging and taking sides, the Baha'i system of elections may seem like an unattainable ideal, but it was demonstrated in action at the Baha’i National Convention.
On May 24th, 2018, Baha’is representing localities from across the United States gathered at the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois for the 110th Annual Baha'i National Convention. They elected the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States, the nine-person assembly that will guide the affairs of the national Baha’i community for the coming year.
This lay council fosters the vibrancy of Bahá’í communities and strengthens their participation in the life of society. This is how the Baha'i Faith is organized without clergy.
Baha’is come from virtually every ethnic, racial and tribal background, and the delegates reflect this diversity. They come from 171 geographic units across the United States. Each delegate was elected to represent their district in a “unit convention” held the previous October.
Delegates may vote for any adult member of the American Baha'i community who possesses the necessary qualities of selfless devotion, a well-trained mind, recognized ability and mature experience.
Delegates and those elected to serve on local and national Baha’i institutions offer this service as volunteers and are generally not compensated for this service.
Most years, National Conventions are held in late April during the 12-day Festival of Riḍvan, which commemorates Baha’u’llah’s announcement in 1863 that He is God’s Messenger for this era.
Every five years—and 2018 was one of them—the National Convention is held in late May due to the international convention at the Baha’i World Center in Haifa, Israel, where embers of more than 180 National Assemblies from around the world gather to elect the Universal House of Justice, the international governing body of the Bahá’í Faith.
The election of the first Universal House of Justice in 1963 very likely constituted history’s first global democratic election. Each of the successive elections since then has been carried out by an ever broader and more diverse body of delegates, representing a cross-section of the entire human race.
At a time when trust in government is eroding everywhere in the world, and when the electoral process in many nations has become discredited due to corruption, this new model of governance serves as an antidote to apathy, alienation, and despair.
It is a model for a positive and practical means of governing a just and unified global society.
A Model of Spiritually Based Elections
For more info visit bahai.us
Imagine an election without nominations, candidates or campaigning—an election that operates in a spiritual atmosphere and is based entirely on principled conduct.
To those who equate elections with divisiveness, mud-slinging and taking sides, the Baha'i system of elections may seem like an unattainable ideal, but it was demonstrated in action at the Baha’i National Convention.
On May 24th, 2018, Baha’is representing localities from across the United States gathered at the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois for the 110th Annual Baha'i National Convention. They elected the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States, the nine-person assembly that will guide the affairs of the national Baha’i community for the coming year.
This lay council fosters the vibrancy of Bahá’í communities and strengthens their participation in the life of society. This is how the Baha'i Faith is organized without clergy.
Baha’is come from virtually every ethnic, racial and tribal background, and the delegates reflect this diversity. They come from 171 geographic units across the United States. Each delegate was elected to represent their district in a “unit convention” held the previous October.
Delegates may vote for any adult member of the American Baha'i community who possesses the necessary qualities of selfless devotion, a well-trained mind, recognized ability and mature experience.
Delegates and those elected to serve on local and national Baha’i institutions offer this service as volunteers and are generally not compensated for this service.
Most years, National Conventions are held in late April during the 12-day Festival of Riḍvan, which commemorates Baha’u’llah’s announcement in 1863 that He is God’s Messenger for this era.
Every five years—and 2018 was one of them—the National Convention is held in late May due to the international convention at the Baha’i World Center in Haifa, Israel, where embers of more than 180 National Assemblies from around the world gather to elect the Universal House of Justice, the international governing body of the Bahá’í Faith.
The election of the first Universal House of Justice in 1963 very likely constituted history’s first global democratic election. Each of the successive elections since then has been carried out by an ever broader and more diverse body of delegates, representing a cross-section of the entire human race.
At a time when trust in government is eroding everywhere in the world, and when the electoral process in many nations has become discredited due to corruption, this new model of governance serves as an antidote to apathy, alienation, and despair.
It is a model for a positive and practical means of governing a just and unified global society.
All We Like Sheep - 12th Annual Baha’i Choral Music Festival
Lyrics:
All we like sheep
Have gone astray
We have turned everyone to his own way
And the Lord hath laid on him
The iniquity of us all.
Recorded during the 12th Annual Baha’i Choral Music Festival (2018)
Baha'i House of Worship Wilmette IL
Global Citizenship: Equality of Women and Men (Part 1 of 3) - Emily Dreke
Global Citizenship: Equality of Women and Men
In November, 2017 at the Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette, IL there was a presentation and discussion with two trailblazers, Layli Miller-Muro and Emily Dreke, who are leading the way of advancing the equality of women and men.
Emily Dreke
Vice President, Development and Communications
Chicago Foundation for Women
Emily Dreke is responsible for growing the resources and public profile of a foundation that has awarded over 3,500 grants totaling over $31 million dollars to organizations advancing basic rights and equal opportunities for Chicago-area women and girls. Before joining Chicago Foundation for Women six years ago, Emily served as the assistant director of alumni relations and annual giving at The University of Chicago, where she developed fundraising campaigns to increase annual fund support for the university. Prior to that, she served as U.S. Senator Russ Feingold’s Deputy Finance Director for more than four years, helping raise over $10 million during the 2010 election. Emily received her BA with top honors in Political Science and French from University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Phi Beta Kappa and a 2016 graduate of the Allstate Foundation's Greater Good Nonprofit Leadership program. Recently, Emily completed Executive Education in Nonprofit Finance at the Kellogg School of Management and coursework on how to Mobilize Your Nonprofit Board through the Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education. She lives in Chicago with her husband, Vince and her son, August.
For more information on Chicago Foundation for Women go to cfw.org
Layli Miller-Muro
Founder and CEO of the Tahirih Justice Center, which provides free legal services and engages in advocacy on behalf of immigrant women and girls fleeing human rights abuses.
In its 20th year, Tahirih is located in 4 cities in the United States and has protected over 22,000 women and girls courageously rejecting violence. Layli founded the organization in 1997 following her involvement as a law student in a high-profile case that set national precedent and revolutionized asylum law in the United States. The case was that of Fauziya Kassindja, a 17-year-old girl who had fled Togo in fear of a forced polygamous marriage and a tribal practice known as female genital mutilation. After an uphill legal battle, Fauziya was granted asylum in 1996 by the US Board of Immigration Appeals. This decision opened the doors to gender-based persecution as grounds for asylum. Using her portion of the proceeds from a book she and Fauziya co-authored about the case (Do They Hear You When You Cry? Delacorte Press, 1998), Layli established Tahirih.
Prior to joining Tahirih as Executive Director, Layli was an attorney at the law firm of Arnold & Porter where she practiced international litigation and maintained a substantial pro bono practice. Prior to joining Arnold & Porter, Layli was an attorney-advisor at the U.S. Department of Justice, Board of Immigration Appeals. Layli was named Newsweek/Daily Beast’s 150 Most Fearless Women in the World, GoldmanSach’s Top 100 Most Innovative Entrepreneurs, and won the Washington Post Award for Management Excellence. She lives in Virginia with her husband and three young children.
For more information about the Tahirih Justice Center go to