Baháʼí Faith in Colombia
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The Baháʼí Faith in Colombia begins with references to the country in Baháʼí literature as early as 1916,[1] with Baháʼís visiting as early as 1927.[2] The first Colombian joined the religion in 1929[3] and the first Baháʼí Local Spiritual Assembly was elected in Bogotá in 1944[4] with the beginning of the arrival of coordinated pioneers from the United States and achieved an independent National Spiritual Assembly in 1961.[5] By 1963 there were eleven local assemblies.[6] In the 1980s institutions were developed in Colombia that have influenced activities inside and independent of the religion in other countries: FUNDAEC[7][8] and the Ruhi Institute.[9] The Association of Religion Data Archives (relying mostly on the World Christian Encyclopedia) estimated some 70,000 Baháʼís (0.2% of the population) in 2005,[10] and about the same in 2010.[11]