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The Oregonian reports on Portland Baha’i Center gathering
Photo of the front of the Portland Baha’i Center, spring 2024. Photo courtesy of the Baha’i Center.

The critical role of institutions in promoting gender equality
The Baha’i International Community recently shared a statement: Reimagining the Role of Institutions in Building Gender-Equal Societies. A statement of the Baha'i International Community to the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Image courtesy of Baha’i World News Service.



January Activities 2024
Art shown courtesy of Machiko Garrigues. Meet the artist and make art at the monthly first Friday social and arts night!


November Activities 2023
Walk through these doors to join Sunday devotions at the Portland Bahá’í Center. Everyone welcome!

October Activities 2023
Discussions, devotions, social activities, and it’s time for joyous celebrations of the birthdays of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh!

Rainn Wilson urges a spiritual revolution in his new book 'Soul Boom'
Why we need a spiritual revolution!


July Activities 2023
This month we will commemorate an important day in Bahá’í history: the martyrdom of the Báb. Photo: Participants ascending the terraces at the opening of the Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb, 23 May 2001. “Copyright Bahá’í International Community”

“Echoes of injustice”: Global event honors 10 Bahá’í women 40 years on
“The commemoration . . . was not only about looking back at the tragedy but also about acknowledging the ongoing struggle for equality and freedom.”

Bahá’í World News Service Podcast
Listen to Baha’i World News Service podcasts on a variety of subjects. Image courtesy of BWNS.

For the Betterment of the World
“Concepts and principles that are essential to the pursuit of Bahá’í efforts in social action, including: oneness and justice, calling for a reconceptualization of the relationships that sustain society; harmony of science and religion, highlighting that “religion without science soon degenerates into superstition and fanaticism, while science without religion becomes merely the instrument of crude materialism”; and universal participation, requiring the widest participation of every member of the human family from all backgrounds.”


#OurStoryIsOne: Campaign to honor women’s sacrifice sees outpouring of support
Bahá’í International Community launches new website and Instagram page for campaign honoring 10 Bahá’í women executed by Iran 40 years ago. Photo courtesy of Bahá’í World News Service.

Consultations inspire new hope for humanity’s future
Delegates from Alaska sang a Bahá’í prayer translated into Tlingit, a language indigenous to the southeastern region of Alaska. Photo courtesy of Bahá’í World News Service.

Delegates from across the Baha’i world arrive in the Holy Land
A delegate from Panama. Photo courtesy of Bahá’í World News Service.


April Activities 2023
In April 1863 the Faith began in a fragrant, rose-filled garden. Time to celebrate those joyous days!