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On 14/12/2010 12:07 PM, Susan Maneck wrote:
More so than used to be the case. Our cluster has had four
declarations in the last year of whom three have been pretty active.
The Institute Process does help in this regard.
Dear Susan,
Ok you had 3 new active Baha'is in your cluster over a period of one
year. Has anyone left the Faith? Do you have statistics of growth in
your cluster over last 10 or 20 years? Do you think you would not have
had 3 or 4 declarants had your community followed the same old style
firesides, teaching, and deepening classes?
One other observation I had in Asia and I think Ron also pointed out is
that often the children of active Baha'is and pioneers are not so active
in the Faith. I do not understand why? Some pioneers and active Baha'is
have been successful in teaching the Faith but when it comes to their
own family and children, it has not been that successful as I suppose it
should have been.
That was true here for the first decade or so after Ruhi began to be
used, but now things seemed to have turned a corner, at least in the
"A" clusters. I can tell you there is no exaggeration of statistics
from our cluster as I'm the one who submits them. ;-}
My experience has been mostly in developing world and that was my
observation of inflated statistics.
Best regards,
Firouz
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