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• Bahá'u'lláh (1817-1892), the Founder of the Bahá’í Faith, is recognized as the most recent in a line of Divine Messengers that includes Abraham, Moses, Krishna, Buddha, Zoroaster, Christ, Muhammad and the Báb. Their religions come from the same Source and are in essence successive chapters of one religion from God.
• The central theme of Bahá'u'lláh 's message is that humanity is one single race and that the day has come for humanity’s unification into one global society.
• While reaffirming the core ethical principles common to all religions, Bahá'u'lláh also revealed new laws and teachings to lay the foundations of a global civilization.
• The worldwide Bahá’í community is composed of people from virtually every racial, ethnic and religious background.
• There is no clergy, or professional pastoral or missionary work, in the Bahá’í Faith. Instead, Bahá'u'lláh has provided a framework for administering the affairs of the Faith through a system of elected lay councils at the local, national and international levels. Each Bahá’í is called upon to teach and serve the Faith according to her or his circumstances.
• The basic gathering for worship, community decision-making and fellowship is the Nineteen Day Feast held on the first day of each of the 19 months in the Bahá’í calendar. Worship includes reading texts from the Bahá’í Faith as well as those from other faiths, and offering prayers and petitions to God. We typically gather in members' homes. In larger cities, there may be Bahá’í Centers at which members gather for these activities.