February 21. On this date in 2009, two of the conferences among a series of 41 regional conferences of the Five Year Plan took place, one in Baku, Azerbaijan, and another in Accra, Ghana.

February 21. On this date in 2009, two of the conferences among a series of 41 regional conferences of the Five Year Plan took place, one in Baku, Azerbaijan, and another in Accra, Ghana.

Universal House of Justice member Peter Khan would later give a talk on July 3, 2009, later published as "Reflections on the Ridvan 2009 Message," stating,

As you are, I am sure, aware, that series of conferences had a galvanizing effect on the Bahá'í Community throughout the world and ultimately on the larger society. It was a tangible demonstration of the global spread of the Faith and it created a most welcome surge toward the goal of 1500 Intensive Programs of Growth by the end of the present plan.