Welcome to the official website of the

Gold Coast Bahá'í Community

“Let your vision be world-embracing,
rather than confined to your own self.”
Bahá’í Writings

The Bahá'í Faith is a worldwide religion

based on the teachings of Baha’u’llah (1817-1892).

Baha’u’llah is the most recent in the series of Divine Messengers who founded the world's religions as part of the progressive revelation of God’s guidance to humanity.

A central theme of the Baha’i Faith is that humanity is one family bound together in a common destiny: a global society.

Recognition of the oneness of humanity is the key feature of this age, an age in which humankind is approaching its collective maturity.

People of goodwill need to come together to collaborate in building a just and peaceful global society in which all individuals can fulfil their potential.

Key principles of the Baha’i Faith include:

**Equality of women and men
**Harmony of science and religion
**Abolition of extremes of poverty and wealth
**Elimination of all forms of prejudice
**Equal standard of human rights for all people

There are more than five million Baha’is spread worldwide and in every country.

The Baha’i Faith has been present here in Australia since 1920. There are Baha’is across all regions of Australia.

“Consort with the followers of all religions
in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship.”

Bahá’í Writings

“...the honor and distinction of the individual consist in this, that he among all the world’s multitudes should become a source of social good. Is any larger bounty conceivable than this, that an individual, looking within himself, should find that by the confirming grace of God he has become the cause of peace and well-being, of happiness and advantage to his fellow men? No, by the one true God, there is no greater bliss,
no more complete delight.”

Bahá’í Writings

The Bahá'ís of Gold Coast

organise service activities to contribute to the moral and intellectual development of the community. They are free and open to all. These activities include:

Devotional Meetings

"Responding to the inmost longing of every heart to commune with its Maker, they carry out acts of collective worship in diverse settings, uniting with others in prayer, awakening spiritual susceptibilities, and shaping a pattern of life distinguished for its devotional character."
~Bahá'í Writings

Children's Classes for Spiritual Education

"Aware of the aspirations of the children of the world and their need for spiritual education, they extend their efforts widely to involve ever-growing contingents of participants in classes that become centres of attraction for the young..."
~Bahá'í Writings

The Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program

"They assist junior youth to navigate through a crucial stage of their lives and to become empowered to direct their energies toward the advancement of civilization."
~Bahá'í Writings

Study Circles

"Thousands upon thousands, embracing the diversity of the entire human family, are engaged in systematic study of the Creative Word in an environment that is at once serious and uplifting."
~Bahá'í Writings

Please join us for Sunday devotions
and share prayers and readings centered around promoting the spiritual and material advancement of our community.

10:30am on Sundays at the Gold Coast Baha'i Centre, 137 Cotlew Street, Ashmore.

"Immerse yourselves in the ocean of My words, that ye may unravel its secrets, and discover all the pearls of wisdom that lie hid in its depths."
Bahá'í Writings

Please contact us!

We would love to hear from you.

"The earth is but one country,
and mankind its citizens."
Bahá'í Writings