This article was in the Las Cruces Bulletin
Friday, May 24, 2019
Baha’i council
BULLETIN REPORT
The Baha’i community of Las Cruces recently elected its nine-member governing council, known as the Local Spiritual Assembly, for 2019-2020.
Members are Carl Ewing (chairman), Jean Wilkey (vice chairman), Annie Mitchell (secretary), Dean Wilkey (treasurer), Phyllis Williams, Darrell Rodgers, Deborah Rodgers, Muriel Gribble, and Linda Elkins.
Local assemblies minister to the needs of the community, including organizing classes for the spiritual education of children and adults. They support community members in planning devotional programs and other public events. They also conduct Baha’i marriages, plan service projects and provide spiritual counseling to community members.
The Baha’i Faith, founded in 1844, is the youngest of the world’s independent, global, monotheistic religions. It has become a universal faith present in every country in the world with adherents from virtually every national, ethnic, religious and tribal background.
For more information on the Bahá’s of Las Cruces visit www.bahaisoflascruces.org.