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When did the Kingdom Project Begin? |
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The National Spiritual Assembly launched the first Comprehensive Development Plan for the American Bahá'í community at the 91st National Convention in April 2000, and called it the Kingdom Project. On March 1, 2002, The National Spiritual Assembly reduced the financial goal of the Kingdom Project to $36 million (from the original $60 million) to allow the friends to continue to support the needs of the International Fund in addition to their support of the other Funds and the Kingdom Project. The original plan was thus reduced in scope. The new plan was a scaled back version of the Kingdom Project which would fufill the most pressing needs immediately and the postponed initiatives would be carried out at a later date. The postponed initiatives include the purchase of land for permanent Bahá'í school in the Southern Region, and Southern California, redesigning of the Haziratu'l-Quds, building a National Baha'i Archive, restoring the Baha'i Home for the Aged, building an additional Native American Bahá'í Institute, expanding the media initiative, establishing an internal satellite broadcast network, and the establishing of a strategic reserve.
The Accomplishments to DateThe remaining work of the Project-and its largest expense-is the completion of the restoration of the House of Worship and building of its new Visitors Center.
In addition to the progress of the work on the Temple, the flow of funds from payments on pledges and contributions to the Kingdom Project has resulted in these victories:
- Refurbishment of the Louis G. Gregory Bahá'í Institute
- Construction of Unity Hall at Louhelen
- Establishment of an endowment for the Temple New classroom complex at Green Acre Bahá'í School
- Major reconstruction and repair of the Mother Temple
- "Bahá'í Publishing" - the initiative to tailor Bahá'í books for the general public and make them available in retail bookstores (currently 23 titles are available in retail bookstores)
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