Study Circles

Study circles are small groups that meet perhaps once a week for a few hours, usually in the home of one of their members, to study course materials that include passages from the Baha'i writings related to such themes as the Creative Word, the nature of prayer and the mystery of life after death. In response to their study, participants arise to identify and carry out specific acts of service. Men and women, young and old alike, come to recognize that they have the power to re-create the world around them.

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Uncovering Olive Jackson

Two Baha’i friends in the DC area who collaborated on this short film about Olive Jackson (the first recorded African American woman to declare as a Baha’i in the US). The project came out of a Ruhi group and looks to uncover some of the mystery around and the hidden figure.

Nashville study group experiences breakthrough in racial understanding - Baha‘is of the United StatesCarol Grady Mansour had been a reluctant participant in study circles designed to train people for Baha’i-initiated efforts to build community where they live. “I would participate in a course out of obedience or only if I couldn’t come up with a good excuse not to,” she reflects. “If the opposite of love is not

Study Circle leads to Panel in Delaware
brings together police, activists
for prayer and discussion

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Study Circles

Uncovering Olive Jackson

Study Circle leads to Panel in Delaware brings together police, activists for prayer and discussion

Study Circle leads to Panel in Delaware
brings together police, activists
for prayer and discussion