Baha'u'llah's Stupendous Revelation : October 1953: First Intercontinental Conferences

January 16, 2014

October 1953: First Intercontinental Conferences

From: Baha’i calendar – this month in history

One of the first four Intercontinental Conferences was held in New Delhi in October of 1953. (Baha’i News Nov. 1953) The other three were in Kampala in February, Chicago in April-May, and in Stockholm during July.

the challenge

"To strive to obtain a more adequate understanding of the significance of Bahá'u'lláh's stupendous Revelation must, it is my unalterable conviction, remain the first obligation and the object of the constant endeavor of each one of its loyal adherents. An exact and thorough comprehension of so vast a system, so sublime a revelation, so sacred a trust, is for obvious reasons beyond the reach and ken of our finite minds. We can, however, and it is our bounden duty to seek to derive fresh inspiration and added sustenance as we labor for the propagation of His Faith through a clearer apprehension of the truths it enshrines and the principles on which it is based." (Shoghi Effendi, ‘The World Order of Baha'u'llah’)

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January 16, 2014

October 1953: First Intercontinental Conferences