Baha'is believe there is only one God, who is called by different names in different religions, and that He is the creator of the universe and all that is therein.

God is above all things and is too great to be ever understood by the finite human mind. The only thing we can actually know about God is that God exists. So when we attribute properties to God we are actually making a false analogy based on human ideas.

Knowledge of God means knowledge of the attributes of God. Since we can't comprehend God directly, the best way to get an idea of God is by looking at the lives and teachings of His messengers (the Manifestations of God) and at the world God created.

Baha'is believe that God cannot become incarnate in a human being. Baha'is do not regard God as having a gender. Although the Baha'i writings use a masculine pronoun to refer to God, this is to suit the language in which they were originally written.

Man is essentially a spiritual being, with only a limited part of his existence in this material world. All human beings have a soul that lives for ever. The purpose of life on earth is to develop our spiritual qualities to prepare us for life in the other realms of God.

All human beings are members of a single race, which should soon be united in a single global community. All human beings are different, but equal; there should be no inequality between races or sexes.

All religions have the same spiritual foundation, despite their apparent differences. Baha'is view the world's major religions as a part of a single, progressive process through which God reveals His will to humanity.

Baha'is accept the divine nature of the missions of Abraham, Moses, Zoroaster, the Buddha, Jesus and the Prophet Muhammad. They believe each one was a further stage in the revelation of God, each suited to the age in which it was revealed. Each in turn leads humanity to an ever-increasing level of civilization.

Baha'u'llah is recognized as the most recent Divine Messenger.

While reaffirming the core ethical principles common to all religions, Baha'u'llah also revealed new laws and teachings to lay the foundations of a global civilization. “A new life,” Baha'u'llah declared, “is, in this age, stirring within all the peoples of the earth.”

The worldwide Baha'i community, composed of people from virtually every racial, ethnic and religious background, is working to give practical expression to Baha'u'llah’s vision of world unity.