Hammersmith & Fulham Bahá'í Community
“Let your vision be world embracing...” -Bahá’u’lláh
Throughout history, God has revealed Himself to humanity through a series of divine Messengers, whose teachings guide and educate us and provide the basis for the advancement of human society. These Messengers have included Abraham, Krishna, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad. Their religions come from the same Source and are in essence successive chapters of one religion from God.
Bahá’u’lláh, the latest of these Messengers, brought new spiritual and social teachings for our time. His essential message is of unity. He taught the oneness of God, the oneness of the human family, and the oneness of religion.
Bahá'u'lláh said, “The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens,” and that, as foretold in all the sacred scriptures of the past, now is the time for humanity to live in unity.
Founded more than a century and a half ago, the Bahá'í Faith has spread around the globe. Members of the Bahá'í Faith live in more than 100,000 localities and come from nearly every nation, ethnic group, culture, profession, and social or economic background.
Bahá'ís believe the crucial need facing humanity is to find a unifying vision of the nature and purpose of life and of the future of society. Such a vision unfolds in the writings of Bahá'u'lláh.
Building Vibrant Communities
A worldwide wave of conferences 2022
Sweeping across the globe is a wave of conferences, open to all well-wishers of humanity, exploring the progress & prosperity of our communities & Bahá’u’lláh’s universal call to work for the betterment of our world.
Of the thousands being held worldwide, over 10 conferences will be held across Northern Ireland, Scotland, England & Wales.
Join with friends, families, colleagues, & neighbours, in urban & rural settings across the United Kingdom, to advance a unified vision for the betterment of our one world.
Global Vision, Local Action
One of the themes at this year’s UN High-Level Political Forum is “bolstering local action,” focusing on the global development agenda at the local level. The Bahá'í International Community has created a short film sharing experiences from grassroots actors around the world.
A Widening Embrace (English).mp4A Widening Embrace
A Widening Embrace has been produced through a creative, grassroots process in which teams of often young people have documented the efforts of their own communities around the world to effect social change.
Drawing on footage taken by those teams over the course of a year, the film tells a story of transformation unfolding in 24 communities representing different realities and contexts. It focuses on three main themes: universal participation as a path toward collective prosperity, the vital role of young people in the transformation of society, and the emergence of a range of social and economic development initiatives that spring up from the spiritual aspirations of a population.
A Tribute to the Báb 2019.movCelebrating the Bicentenary of the Birth of Báb in 2019
October 2019 will mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the forerunner and herald of the Bahá'í Faith, the Bab, whose dramatic ministry paved the way for the appearance of Baha’u’llah. On 29 and 30 October, Bahá'ís, together with their neighbors, families, and friends, will commemorate the births of these Twin Luminaries.
https://news.bahai.org/story/1316/
BicentennialVideo 2017.mp4Celebrating the Bicentenary of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh round the globe
Inspired by the life and teachings of Bahá’u’lláh, millions of people worldwide will celebrate the 200th anniversary of His birth on the 21st and 22nd of October 2017.
Bahá’u’lláh was born in Tehran in 1817. Two centuries later, the day of His birth is celebrated around the world alongside the birth of the forerunner of His Revelation, the Báb, born in 1819 on the day before the birth of Bahá’u’lláh according to the calendar used in Persia. These Twin Holy Birthdays are celebrated by Bahá’ís and their friends as one annual festival where the closely interwoven lives and missions of these two Divine Luminaries are remembered together.
For more information: https://bicentenary.bahai.org/