American Seven Year Plan (1937-1944)

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First Seven Year Plan (1937-1944)
Epoch	First Epoch
Coordinator	Shoghi Effendi
Protagonists	United States and Canada
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Divine Plan

First Epoch (1937-1963)

Shoghi Effendi

1st Seven Year Plan (1937-1944) 2nd Seven Year Plan (1946-1953) African Campaign (1950-1953) Australian Six Year Plan (1947-1953) British Six Year Plan (1944-1950) British Two Year Plan (1951-1953) Canadian Five Year Plan (1948-1953) Central American One Year Plan (1952-1953) Egyptian Five Year Plan (1948-1953) Egyptian Five Year Plan (1948-1953) Indian Six Year Plan (1938-1944) Indian Four Year Plan (1946-1950) Indian Nineteen Month Plan (1951-1953) Iraqi Three Year Plan (1950-1953) Persian Four Year Plan (1946-1950) Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963)

Second Epoch (1963-)

Universal House of Justice

Nine Year Plan (1964-1973) Five Year Plan (1974-1979) Seven Year Plan (1979-1986) Six Year Plan (1986-1992) Three Year Plan (1993-1996) Four Year Plan (1996-2000) Twelve Month Plan (2000-2001) Five Year Plan (2001-2006) Five Year Plan (2006-2011) Five Year Plan (2011-2016) Five Year Plan (2016-2021)

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The First Seven Year Plan (1937-1944) was given by Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of The United States and Canada. It marked the first organized response of the American believers to the mandate given to them in ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's Divine Plan, and the first systematic teaching plan in the Bahá’í world. As other National Spiritual Assemblies were formed and gained in strength, they developed active campaigns and were given similar plans, largely aimed at this time toward their own internal expansion. At a later time all the National Assemblies would become the 'generals' of the 'radiant army of Bahá’u’lláh whose mission would be the spiritual conquest of the planet.

[edit] Objectives

1. Completion of the exterior of the Temple in Wilmette
2. The formation of a Spiritual Assembly in each state and province of North America, and in Alaska
3. The establisment of a center in each repubic of Latin America ad the Caribbean

[edit] Outcome

• Local Spiritual Assemblies elected in every province of Canada, every state of the United States of America, and 14 republics of Latin America
• Homefront goals achieved:
  • 136 Local Spiritual Assemblies
  • 197 Baha'i groups
  • 1300 localities with Baha'is
• Exterior ornamentation of the House of Worship completed

[edit] References

• The Universal House of Justice. The Bahá’í World - An International Record Vol XVI 1973-1976 page 77. Haifa, Israel: World Centre Publications.