Joan Birch
Discovering the Bahá’í Faith in Canada in the mid sixties was the major turning point in my life. I had …
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Katherine Gray
I was born in Birmingham. My mother belonged to the Church of England, but she always said that the way …
Jane Helbo
I was born Jane Sadler in 1954 in Hammersmith, London into a Church of England churchgoing family. My parents were …
Philip Croft
Background and upbringing I was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, on 7th May 1946. My father was a dental technician and he met …
Marian Mihaeloff (1926-2016)
During the late 1940s I was enrolled at Leeds University but my parents were ill so I left to look …
Mavis Bodenham (1940 – 2021)
I was born and brought up in Abersychan, south Wales, where I lived with my parents and younger brother. Both …
Sophie Hurst
Becoming a Bahá’í is not just about the moment you say; “I am a Bahá’í”. In my case it stemmed …
Lionel and June (1932 – 2022) Glennie
Lionel and June Glennie were both born in Coventry, a city savagely blitzed during the Second World War. Lionel was …
Jeanette Lock
On the surface you could say that I have had a privileged Bahá’í upbringing. I was born to Bahá’í parents, …
Terry Smith
My Journey to Bahá’u’lláh Acknowledgements: I would like to thank Francis Madden for all of her help in getting my words …
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