Louis G. Gregory Baha'i Institute
Hemingway, South Carolina
The Louis G. Gregory Bahá’í Institute is training center owned by the Bahá’ís of the United States and managed by the Regional Baha’i Council for the Southeastern States. It has a long history of more than 50 years of dedication to building unity.
The betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds, through commendable and seemly conduct.Bahá’u’lláh
Upcoming Gathering
December 11–13, 2026 · Hemingway, South Carolina
Theme
“Sowing, Tending, and Harvesting: A Culture of Learning Inspired by ‘Abdu’l-Baha”
Join the Bahá’ís of South Carolina for their Annual Winter School at the Louis G. Gregory Bahá’í Institute.
If you have any questions call 843-758-7338.
Upcoming Events
Community members please complete the card to indicate the manner that you would like to participate in community building activities.
During school breaks for ages 5-14 · Louis Gregory Baha'i Institute, 1209 Williams Hill Rd Hemingway, SC
No cost, however registration by parent or guardian is required. Day camp registration for Fall & Spring
We come together to share prayers for our families, friends and neighbors and then enjoy a wonderful breakfast (no cost) together. Casual Dress. Bring the entire family.
May 15, 2027 (SAVE the DATE) · 11am-3pm · 1209 Williams Hill Rd Hemingway, SC
This is a community building affair. All community centric organizations (including churches and non-profits) are welcome to sign up to set up an information table. Activities for the entire family. No cost. Outdoor event.
Establish a time to pray weekly in your home, with your neighbors or in your community. First goal: to establish Prayer Partners in 100 households in Georgetown county. To accomplish this goal we need community partners like yourself. You commit to sharing prayers together in your home and we will place your household on our map and keep track of our goal to increase the spiritual character of our neighborhoods throughout the county. How many different churches/communities can we have represented in the families committed to praying in their homes?
Devotional meetings are occasions where any soul may enter, inhale the heavenly fragrances, experience the sweetness of prayer, meditate upon the Creative Word, be transported on the wings of the spirit, and commune with the one Beloved. Feelings of fellowship and common cause are generated, particularly in the spiritually heightened conversations that naturally occur at such times and through which the “city of the human heart” may be opened.
Spiritual education for children ages 5-10. See Day camp schedule above.
For small groups of youth ages 11-14. See Day Camp schedule above.
For community members ages 15-99 to study the Word of God in small groups and apply our new insights and skills to our daily lives through service. The service paths of the institute courses include: children’s class teacher, animator of junior youth groups & assistant for JYSEP groups, devotional gathering hosts, tutor (facilitator) of Books 1-6 of the institute courses.
Participants are members of the Bahai Faith and community members from all religious backgrounds that hope to deepen our connection with God and increase our capacity for transformation of our communities through service to humanity.
Facilities
The Louis G. Gregory Bahá’í Institute has a large and peaceful grounds. The facilities include:
The Campus is tobacco, drug, and alcohol-free. We work hard to make it a safe, healthy, and welcoming place for all.
The Louis G. Gregory Institute was founded in 1972. It was named after a native to South Carolina and the first to bring the Bahá’í Faith to the state.
Over the years the Louis G. Gregory Institute has gathered together people from all walks of life, to study together, serve one another, and strive to bring about the oneness of mankind.
Louis George Gregory (1874 – 1951) was born in Charleston, South Carolina. Both of his parents were enslaved, freed by the Civil War. His maternal grandmother was enslaved on a Darlington County plantation.
He attended Simonton School and Avery Normal School. He went on to graduate from Fisk University and Howard University Law School, thereafter establishing a successful law practice in Washington D.C.
In 1909, Mr. Gregory became one of the first followers of the Baha’i Faith in the United States, attracted largely by its teachings on the oneness of humanity. He closed his law practice and devoted his life to promoting race amity, traveling for 15 years to 48 states. In 1912, he was elected to the nine member national administrative body, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States. At the suggestion of ‘Abdul-Bahá (son of Bahá’u’lláh, Prophet-Founder of the Baha’i faith) Mr. Gregory married Louisa Matthew, a highly educated English woman. Together they shared a loving 40 year marriage, joined together in “one spirit, one purpose.”
Abdul-Bahá addressed Mr. Gregory writing, “I hope that thou mayest become… The means whereby the white and colored people shall close their eyes to racial differences and behold the reality of humanity, that is the universal unity which is the oneness of the kingdom of the human race…”
There are many tributes to the works of this outstanding servant of humanity. His childhood home is now the Louis G. Gregory Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. There are also a number books and publications about his life, and numerous children around the world have been named after him.
Serving southeastern North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina.
We would love to hear from you!
Louis G. Gregory Bahá’í Institute
1241 Williams Hill Rd.
Hemingway, SC 29554
Email: wlombard@usbnc.org
Phone: 843-558-0948