About The Bahá’í Faith

The Bahá'í Faith was born of a Divine mission entrusted to two Messengers: the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh.

The Báb proclaimed on May 23, 1844 that the return of the Promised One was imminent. His message spread rapidly and he was imprisoned, tortured and executed by the Persian empire for declaring that "Him Whom God shall make manifest" would soon appear.

On April 21, 1863  Bahá’u’lláh declared he was the Promised One bringing to mankind a renewed Revelation from God.  Bahá’u’lláh revealed volumes of scripture throughout decades of imprisonment torture and exile.

Bahá’u’lláh affirms that the purpose of our lives is to know God and to attain His presence—and that our true identity is our rational soul, whose free will and powers of understanding enable us to continually better ourselves and our society.

Walking a path of service to God and to humanity gives life meaning and prepares us for the moment the soul separates from the body and continues on its eternal journey towards its Maker.

In His Will and Testament, Bahá'u'lláh left clear instructions that have safeguarded the continuity of guidance from one generation to the next.

This unbroken line—the Covenant— passed from Bahá'u'lláh to His Son 'Abdu'l-Bahá, then to His great-grandson Shoghi Effendi, and to the Universal House of Justice, which Bahá'u'lláh Himself ordained in his His Most Holy Book, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.

A Bahá'í is someone who has independently investigated the truth of these teachings and embraces this covenant.