Bahá'í school

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A Bahá'í School is a class or set of classes, normally run weekly that Bahá'í and non-Bahá'í children get together to study about different religious topics such as God, religion, the prophets, and the soul.

It can also mean a school run with Bahá'í ideals such as the Maxwell International Bahá'í School [1] near Victoria, British Columbia or Nancy Campbell Collegiate Institute in London, Ontario, the Townshend International School in the Czech Republic [2], or the New Era High School in India, . Bahá'í membership is not required.

In recent years, a trend away from central schools in favour of neighbourhood children's classes has taken hold in most Bahá'í communities, at the urging of the Universal House of Justice and the International Teaching Centre. This is not meant to replace central schools but to provide spiritual education on a local basis. In some communities this has resulted in the closing of a central "Sunday school", while in others, both approaches are maintained. As of 2005, the Bahá'í community is currently in a period of experimentation regarding this and other community development activities.