Baháʼí Faith in Kiribati
The Baháʼí Faith in Kiribati begins after 1916 with a mention by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, then head of the religion, that Baháʼís should take the religion to the Gilbert Islands which form part of modern Kiribati. The first Baháʼís pioneered to the island of Abaiang(aka Charlotte Island, of the Gilbert Islands), on March 4, 1954. They encountered serious opposition from some Catholics on the islands and were eventually deported and the first convert banished to his home island. However, in one year there was a community of more than 200 Baháʼís and a Baháʼí Local Spiritual Assembly. Three years later the island where the first convert was sent to was found to now have 10 Baháʼís. By 1963 there were 14 assemblies. As the Ellice Islands gained independence as Tuvalu and the Gilbert Islands and others f
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Baháʼí Faith in Kiribati
The Baháʼí Faith in Kiribati begins after 1916 with a mention by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, then head of the religion, that Baháʼís should take the religion to the Gilbert Islands which form part of modern Kiribati. The first Baháʼís pioneered to the island of Abaiang(aka Charlotte Island, of the Gilbert Islands), on March 4, 1954. They encountered serious opposition from some Catholics on the islands and were eventually deported and the first convert banished to his home island. However, in one year there was a community of more than 200 Baháʼís and a Baháʼí Local Spiritual Assembly. Three years later the island where the first convert was sent to was found to now have 10 Baháʼís. By 1963 there were 14 assemblies. As the Ellice Islands gained independence as Tuvalu and the Gilbert Islands and others f
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Bahaísmo en Kiribati comienza ...... ambleas espirituales locales.
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La Fede Baháʼí nelle Kiribati ...... mbri si forma l’anno seguente.
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The Baháʼí Faith in Kiribati b ...... 38 local spiritual assemblies.
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Bahaísmo en Kiribati comienza ...... 14 asambleas, A medida que la
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La Fede Baháʼí nelle Kiribati ...... mbri si forma l’anno seguente.
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The Baháʼí Faith in Kiribati b ...... e Gilbert Islands and others f
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Bahai nelle Kiribati
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Bahaísmo en Kiribati
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Baháʼí Faith in Kiribati
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