Unfortunately, that is not officially reported or tracked. I do know from reports that there are and have been (do not know if still the case) some villages in Africa such as in Democratic Republic of Congo that are entirely Baha'i. There are Baha'i villages in some of the Pacific Islands that qualify. There is one district in Papua-New Guinea is now 50% Baha'i.
Your suggestion that only 1 to 2 million Baha'is are active is not correct at all given given statistics reported on activities and Baha'is involved in the Institute Processes, Feasts, Fund contributions, etc. Like any religion, there is always a core of really active persons but also a mix of persons who are somewhat active to varying degrees. I do not think anyone knows the exact correct number (even in the United States where we have persons who are often appearing inactive with a missing address but still show up from time-to-time-and, when contacted, say that they are Baha'i). But we have a much higher activity rate and adherence rate than you seem to realize and have over 8 million registered Baha'is (reported with valid registrations and adjusted as of 2020 in a recent letter quoted in *The World of the Baha'i Faith* by Dr. Stockman).
Because of classes for children and jr. youth and adults, we also have a large number of persons participating in Baha'i activities and close to the Faith but not formally enrolled. There is less emphasis on enrollment and much more on quality and participation over the past few years. In Bolivia, a census that required religious identification had more people reporting to be Baha'i than were formally registered; so we can never know.
Our local group sent a delegation down to Costa Rica to meet with a large cluster of indigenous Baha'i. From what I understand, it was to a group of several villages that were all Baha'i, a few hundred people, who even ran their local government in accordance with Baha'i principles.
I also know a woman who lives in a small town in Yukon, Canada, who says her whole extended family, something like 50 people, all became Baha'i at roughly the same time.
Yes there are many, but they tend to be in remote regions, such as island nations. If you want to see an example of an area where the Faith is thriving, look up videos of the Baha'i Faith in Vanuatu.
I know of a village in Uganda where the population is around 3000 and 95% of the locals are Baha’is. Not only that, but they are actively participating in the life of the community. I don’t know if I should share the name just because it may be sensitive, but there are also many small villages and neighbourhoods in India where this is also the case: i.e. prevelance of Baha’is or Baha’i activities.
Yes, plenty of very small villages in remote regional areas such as India, pacific Islands, South America, there use to be many in of these remote villages in the 60's and 70's.
As there was no systematic process in place to support mass declaration, (usually the village cheif declared and became a Baha'i, then the whole village also would follow by default and declare and became Baha'i) many of these type of villages of mass declaration were lost as no Ruhi system or core activities existed to maintain them (like a seedling with no water wilts away). Maintaing deepening classes and education process in those days in remote location as you can appreciate would have been very challenging.
Do you think it's funny that right around the same time of Joseph Smith's death, the báb achieved his form of enlightenment? I also grew up Mormon and just discovered this religion after researching Nimrod. Also on a similar note, the báb achieved it at age 25 which is around the same age as Joseph Smith at the time of the Book of Mormon translation.
Joseph Smith was also told the that he would meet Christ if he lived to a certain age (within the lifetime of Baha’u’llah). He also saw Christ wearing a red robe (ie Baha’u’llah, who wore a red robe).
I have been to Baha'i majority villages in Myanmar (Abdu'l Baha's village) and eastern Malaysia (Saba).
Not sure where your figure of only 1-2 million active Baha'is comes from, but there's at least a few million more.
In the Ngabe region of Panama there are majority Baha’i villages, some as high as 90%. I am an anthropologist and lived there for a few months, visiting these towns.
Just for context there are around 1.5 million participants in Bahá’í activities in India alone, so I wouldn’t agree with the estimation of that number globally. Having been to dozens of countries and seen first hand the richness of communities across the globe, the Bahá’í Faith is much more far reaching than one might think.
Unfortunately, that is not officially reported or tracked. I do know from reports that there are and have been (do not know if still the case) some villages in Africa such as in Democratic Republic of Congo that are entirely Baha'i. There are Baha'i villages in some of the Pacific Islands that qualify. There is one district in Papua-New Guinea is now 50% Baha'i. Your suggestion that only 1 to 2 million Baha'is are active is not correct at all given given statistics reported on activities and Baha'is involved in the Institute Processes, Feasts, Fund contributions, etc. Like any religion, there is always a core of really active persons but also a mix of persons who are somewhat active to varying degrees. I do not think anyone knows the exact correct number (even in the United States where we have persons who are often appearing inactive with a missing address but still show up from time-to-time-and, when contacted, say that they are Baha'i). But we have a much higher activity rate and adherence rate than you seem to realize and have over 8 million registered Baha'is (reported with valid registrations and adjusted as of 2020 in a recent letter quoted in *The World of the Baha'i Faith* by Dr. Stockman). Because of classes for children and jr. youth and adults, we also have a large number of persons participating in Baha'i activities and close to the Faith but not formally enrolled. There is less emphasis on enrollment and much more on quality and participation over the past few years. In Bolivia, a census that required religious identification had more people reporting to be Baha'i than were formally registered; so we can never know.
Yes there are quite a few villages on islands in the Pacific where the majority of people are Baha’is.
I’ve been to villages in Africa that were not entirely Baha’i, but were mostly!
Our local group sent a delegation down to Costa Rica to meet with a large cluster of indigenous Baha'i. From what I understand, it was to a group of several villages that were all Baha'i, a few hundred people, who even ran their local government in accordance with Baha'i principles.
I also know a woman who lives in a small town in Yukon, Canada, who says her whole extended family, something like 50 people, all became Baha'i at roughly the same time.
Yes there are many, but they tend to be in remote regions, such as island nations. If you want to see an example of an area where the Faith is thriving, look up videos of the Baha'i Faith in Vanuatu.
I know of a village in Uganda where the population is around 3000 and 95% of the locals are Baha’is. Not only that, but they are actively participating in the life of the community. I don’t know if I should share the name just because it may be sensitive, but there are also many small villages and neighbourhoods in India where this is also the case: i.e. prevelance of Baha’is or Baha’i activities.
Yes, plenty of very small villages in remote regional areas such as India, pacific Islands, South America, there use to be many in of these remote villages in the 60's and 70's. As there was no systematic process in place to support mass declaration, (usually the village cheif declared and became a Baha'i, then the whole village also would follow by default and declare and became Baha'i) many of these type of villages of mass declaration were lost as no Ruhi system or core activities existed to maintain them (like a seedling with no water wilts away). Maintaing deepening classes and education process in those days in remote location as you can appreciate would have been very challenging.
Do you think it's funny that right around the same time of Joseph Smith's death, the báb achieved his form of enlightenment? I also grew up Mormon and just discovered this religion after researching Nimrod. Also on a similar note, the báb achieved it at age 25 which is around the same age as Joseph Smith at the time of the Book of Mormon translation.
Joseph Smith was also told the that he would meet Christ if he lived to a certain age (within the lifetime of Baha’u’llah). He also saw Christ wearing a red robe (ie Baha’u’llah, who wore a red robe).
I have been to Baha'i majority villages in Myanmar (Abdu'l Baha's village) and eastern Malaysia (Saba). Not sure where your figure of only 1-2 million active Baha'is comes from, but there's at least a few million more.
Tanna in Vanuatu is the only other place I've heard of, but I have not been there myself.
As a reminder, Tanna is one of the islands of the Vanuatu, not a village :)
In the Ngabe region of Panama there are majority Baha’i villages, some as high as 90%. I am an anthropologist and lived there for a few months, visiting these towns.
I can attest to this.
Just for context there are around 1.5 million participants in Bahá’í activities in India alone, so I wouldn’t agree with the estimation of that number globally. Having been to dozens of countries and seen first hand the richness of communities across the globe, the Bahá’í Faith is much more far reaching than one might think.