Regional Training Institute

The Regional Training Institute of the Heartland States is the educational arm of the Regional Bahá’í Council fostering the capacity to serve humanity among all age groups. The curriculum for this education program was developed through the Ruhi Institute and is used internationally. It is offered through a variety of ways, including distance education and within small group settings, facilitated by trained tutors, junior youth animators, and children’s class teachers with the purpose of translating what is learned from the Bahá’í writings and local reality into sustained service for the spiritual and social transformation of neighborhoods. The Universal House of Justice, which is the elected international council of the worldwide Bahá’í community describes the small group study environment:

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"Specifically, the sequence of courses that we have recommended for use by institutes everywhere, which is facilitating so effectively the process of transformation under way, is designed to create an environment conducive at once to universal participation and to mutual support and assistance. The… individuals in this environment,… consider themselves as treading a common path of service…"  Universal House of Justice, 28 December 2010
 

Click on video below to learn more about the Bahá'í Institute process.

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Or, you can read about the Institute process at this website.

 

To order texts for study circles and junior youth groups, please download the Ruhi order form below and follow the instructions on the form. For additional information on the Ruhi Institute Process use this link: https://www.ruhi.org/en/

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To contact the Regional Training Institute Board,
email the Secretary: RTISecretariat@rbcheartland.org