CommuNIqué - Newsletter of the Bahá'í Community in Northern Ireland
Issue 69 - 4 Jamál 159 BE - 1 May 2002 CE


 
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The World-Wide Web,
the Bahá'í Faith,
and YOU

 
  • It's a fact - Well over half the enquiries about the Faith that come in to the National Assembly are now generated via the Internet / World-Wide Web, and the number and proportion are going up all the time
  • It's a fact - When someone wants to know about the Bahá'í Faith these days, especially a young person, they are far more likely to go on the Net than they are to go to the library.
  • .It's a fact - If your local community has a Website it helps the Faith at all levels - local, regional, national, even international.
  • It's a fact - If your local Bahá'í community doesn't have a Website it reflects poorly on you and on the Faith, especially with young seekers.
  • AND it's a fact - The National Spiritual Assembly has a special project, being carried out on its behalf by OPI-Local (formerly the Bahá'í Information Office), to help every local community establish a Web presence.

This is the Web of Faith project. YOU can be a part of it. Sadly it is also a fact that only five communities in Northern Ireland have an up-to-date Website which is in the UK Bahá'í domain i.e. listed and linked on the NSA's site and using its official URL (web address) as requested by the National Assembly in the light of guidance from the Universal House of Justice.

The recent boundary changes are a great opportunity to have MORE Websites - there is no reason why a small group, even just a family in one area, should not have a site representing the Bahá'ís of that area. It's not that hard, honest!

We can help with advice, suggestions, resources - if you are totally at sea with the Web (to mix a metaphor, sorry) we can even construct a simple but effective site for you. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? For information and resources contact:
Bahá'í Community of the United Kingdom -
Office of Public Information,
Third Floor, Bridge House,
97 - 101 High Street,
TONBRIDGE,
Kent, TN9 1DR.

t: 01732-373759
e: opi@bahai.org.uk


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