About Us
Welcome to the website of the greater Louisville Baha'i community - serving Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, and Bulitt counties in Kentucky, and Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties in Indiana. There are currently about 200 Baha’is in the Louisville area.
The Baha'i Faith has been present in Kentucky, and specifically the Louisville area, since the 1920s. Local spiritual assemblies (the local administrative bodies) are formed in civil jurisdictions where nine or more adult Baha’is reside. The assembly in the city of Louisville first formed in 1944. In 1971, an assembly formed in the unincorporated area outside Louisville (Jefferson County). With the merger of city and county governments in 2003, the assembly areas merged to form one community with one administrative body, known as the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Louisville. There is no clergy in the Baha’i Faith.
More Louisville Baha'i History
- The first Baha’i Center in Louisville
The building opened in Louisville in 1965 and was sold in 1985 when the community outgrew the space. - The current Baha'i Center
The property was purchased in November 1998, opened in January 1999, and underwent a major renovation in 2009. - The community hosted the Peace Awards
In the 1990s, the community hosted annual presentations focusing on a different field each year and how it relates to world peace. - Race Unity Day Picnics
The annual events of 2002 and 2003 were held at Waterfront Park with attendance of over 600 each year. - Initiated “Two Towns of Jasper” project
In 2004, working with other community partners, launched project to increase awareness of the city’s racial divide. - Louisville Interfaith Involvement
We participate in Interfaith Paths to Peace, the Religion Communicators Council, and Festival of Faiths.
