Boston, Massachusetts
Baha'i community in Boston
The Baha'i community has been part of Boston for over a century. Today it gathers in small groups hosted in homes across the city, from South Boston to Roxbury. Some groups meet to pray or study together, and members teach weekly character classes for kids and mentor teens after school. Visitors are welcome at any gathering.
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Annual community gathering
Boston
Community life
Boston
Study group
Boston
Community life
Boston
Seaport singalong
Boston
Kids at gathering
Boston
Annual community gathering
Boston
Community life
The Baha'i community in Boston is a circle open to all religions, all races, all peoples.
We believe humanity is one family and the work of our lives is to love and serve one another.
All are welcome to participate in Baha'i activities.
About the Baha'i Faith
The Baha'i Faith is the youngest of the world's independent religions. It teaches that there is one God, that the great religions are chapters in one unfolding story, and that humanity is one family learning to live as one.
Baha'is have no clergy. Local communities are led by a council elected each year by secret ballot, with no campaigning. There are around eight million Baha'is in nearly every country on earth.
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What we do
Programs for every age in Boston
The Baha'i community in Boston runs weekly prayer gatherings, a program for teens, discussion groups, character classes for kids, and study circles in homes across the city. None require membership, belief, or any prior knowledge, and there is no cost to attend.
All ages
Prayer gatherings
Informal gatherings in Boston where people meet to pray and meditate on sacred texts drawn from many traditions. Silence between readings. A chance to slow down and sit with something bigger in the loving company of others.
Learn more about prayer gatherings
Ages 12 to 15
Youth group for teens
A weekly youth program in Boston that serves as an after-school alternative, building character and channeling teens toward service in their neighborhoods. A counterweight to the forces pulling young people down, helping them see themselves as protagonists in their own communities. Parents are welcome to visit.
Learn more about the youth group
Adults
Discussion groups
A spiritual discussion group in Boston for adults who are still working out what they believe. Small groups meet to talk through life's biggest questions. Who we are, why we're here, what kind of world we want to build, and what the Baha'i writings have to say about it.
Learn more about discussion groups Ages 0 to 11
Character classes for kids
Weekly classes in Boston for children built around stories, songs, art, and games. Kindness, honesty, and caring for others, taught in a way kids can practice with the people around them.
Learn more about kids classes
Youth and adults
Study circles
A structured path for developing spiritual capacities and learning to contribute to the life of your neighborhood. Small groups meet in Boston to study the Baha'i writings together, then put what they learn into action.
Learn more about study circles
For volunteers
Want to teach a class or mentor teens?
Community members teach the children's classes and mentor the teen groups, and new volunteers are trained and supported at every step. If you'd like to help in Boston, here's how to start.
In Boston
A community built by its members
The community meets in living rooms and parks across the city, hosted by its own members: a prayer gathering in South Boston on a Sunday evening, a children's class in Mission Park, a study circle around a kitchen table in Jamaica Plain.
Neighbors host, teach, and cook for one another. Newcomers who want to help are given something to do.
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