About the Bahá'í Faith

The Bahá'í Faith is a monotheistic world religion, founded in Persia in 1844. It has over six million adherents residing in more than 124,000 localities and established in 204 countries and territories across the planet and come from nearly every nation, ethnic group, culture, profession, and social or economic background..

Bahá'u'lláh, who founded the Bahá'í Faith, taught that there is one God who sent Divine Messengers to reveal successive revelations in order to guide the progress of humanity. These Messengers-known as Manifestations of God-include Abraham, Krishna, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Jesus, Mohammad, The Báb (who heralded the Bahá'í faith) and Bahá'u'lláh, the Messenger for this age.

Additional core principles and concepts of the Bahá'í Faith include: the oneness of humanity, the independent search for truth, unity as the purpose of religion, the harmony of religion and science, the elimination of all forms of prejudice, the equality of men and women, universal education, an auxiliary international language, economic justice, and universal peace through collective action.

Bahá’u’lláh said, “The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens,” and that, as foretold in all the sacred scriptures of the past, now is the time for humanity to live in unity.

Bahá’ís believe the crucial need facing humanity is to find a unifying vision of the nature and purpose of life and of the future of society. Such a vision unfolds in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh.