Baha’is throughout the world are striving to unite mankind and establish a civilization based on justice, even through social distancing requirements and other challenges of the coronavirus. To manage the election of their local and national assemblies while maintaining safe distances and a connection to their growing communities, they found themselves turning to phone calls, texts, emails, newsletters and the use of online meetings. Learning amidst difficulties is a hands-on reminder of the wisdom expressed by Baha’u’llah, Founder and Prophet of the Faith: “My calamity is my providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy.”

“We soon recognized that this world-wide calamity is presenting us all with opportunities to rely on one another and deepen in our reliance on faith,” says Fairhope Baha’i Beth Carrier. Within Fairhope, Baha’is have cultivated a growing community of friends dedicated to the Faith’s spiritual principles of putting unity into action. They continue to seek collaborators to join them as they explore personal and collective transformation through prayer and the study of God’s word, learn to raise children focused on living a virtuous life and engage in service to better our communities.

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