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Building spiritual community in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas

The South Central Regional Training Institute serves the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. As part of a global network of some 300 training institutes worldwide the South Central Regional Training Institute, through its programs and activities, provides the people of the region with a potent means to contribute to the betterment of their society.

The training institute strives to create spaces that are open to all people of every age, race, and religion. To build a better world requires an ever-growing pool of people capable of contributing to the accomplishment of the myriad tasks at hand. As collaborators in the training institute children, junior youth, youth, and adults engage in an on-going conversation about the advancement of civilization through the application of Bahá’í principles, such as peace, justice, and the unity of humankind, which constitutes the basis of the materials studied.

Regional Training Institute Board

The South Central Regional Training Institute (RTI) is an agency of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States, operating under the aegis of the Regional Bahá’í Council of the South Central States.

Board Members

Jon Hartman, Secretary

Lorraine Sheldon

Stephen Fuqua, Treasurer

The training institute is supported by a team of collaborators. The South Central RTI has Regional Institute Coordinators who
serve both regionally and sub-regionally depending on their assignment. There is also a Resource Person for the Institute who follows the progress of tutors and coordinators.

Building spiritual community in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas

Regional Training Institute Board

Board Members

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