The Bahá’ís of Greenwich
Greenwich Bahá’í community is one of 32 Bahá’í communities in London.
We are a good example of the diversity amongst Bahá’ís , having believers from Scottish, English, German, Persian, Ghanian, Indian, Jamaican, Mauritian, Russian and Portuguese backgrounds in Greenwich alone!
We have Bahá’ís in all parts of Greenwich: Maritime Greenwich, Charlton, Eltham/New Eltham, Woolwich, Plumstead and Blackheath.
As Baha’is, a major part of our Faith is service to humanity. In Greenwich, the main ways we are doing this are providing children’s classes, and junior youth activities, devotionals and study circles.
The Bahá’í Faith
The Bahá’í Faith is the youngest of the world’s independent religions. Its founder, Bahá’u'lláh (1817-1892), is regarded by Bahá’ís as the most recent in the line of Messengers of God that stretches back beyond recorded time and that includes Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Christ and Muhammad.
The central theme of Bahá’u'lláh’s message is that humanity is one single race and that the day has come for its unification in one global society. God, Bahá’u'lláh said, has set in motion historical forces that are breaking down traditional barriers of race, class, creed, and nation and that will, in time, give birth to a universal civilization. The principal challenge facing the peoples of the earth is to accept the fact of their oneness and to assist the processes of unification.
One of the purposes of the Bahá’í Faith is to help make this possible. A worldwide community of some five million Bahá’ís, representative of most of the nations, races and cultures on earth, is working to give Bahá’u'lláh’s teachings practical effect. Their experience will be a source of encouragement to all who share their vision of humanity as one global family and the earth as one homeland.
In just over 150 years, we have grown to over 5 million followers and are the second-most widespread of the independent world religions.* (* 2003 Britannica book of the year).
“The Earth is but one country and mankind its citizens”-Bahá’u’lláh.
