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Spiritual Assembly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spiritual Assembly is a term given by `Abdu'l-Bahá to refer to elected councils that govern the Bahá'í Faith. Because the Bahá'í Faith has no clergy, they carried out some of the responsibilities of ...
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The Baha'i community places great emphasis on the moral and spiritual education of children and youth, with a focus on providing ongoing opportunities for developing a sense of world citizenship and a lifelong commitment to serve humanity.
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At the national level, Baha'i community life is governed by the National Spiritual Assembly. ... Like the Local Spiritual Assembly, this national-level governing council is elected annually, following the same basic electoral procedures: no nominations are permitted, campaigning is forbidden, secret ballots are used,
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The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Canada, incorporated by an Act of the Canadian Parliament in 1949, is the national governing council of Canada’s 30,000 Bahá’ís. ... The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada also established a relationship, on behalf of the eight...
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The National Spiritual Assembly ... This National Spiritual Assembly, which pending the establishment of the Universal House of Justice will have to be re-elected once a year, obviously assumes grave responsibilities, for it has to exercise full authority over all the local Assemblies in its province, and will have to...
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1357. 'Abdu'l-Baha is constantly engaged in ideal communication with any Spiritual Assembly which is instituted through the divine bounty, and the members of which, in the utmost devotion, turn to the divine Kingdom and are firm in the Covenant.
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The Official Website of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United Kingdom ... National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United Kingdom; ... Bahai, Bahá'í, NSA, "National Spiritual Assembly",Social Development Shoghi Effendi Guardian Charity Organisation God Unity faith religio...
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Accordingly, as the Faith has grown, so have the number of National Spiritual Assemblies. In 1954, for example, there were just 12 National Spiritual Assemblies. By 1992, there were 165 National Spiritual Assemblies around the world--in nearly every country. ... The National Spiritual Assembly of Zaire.
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It is worth describing in some detail the operation of the local Spiritual Assembly, as many of its features are reflected at the national and international levels. ... The local Spiritual Assembly is elected each year by secret ballot. In April, all adult Bahá'ís in the given community gather for an election.
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A Local Spiritual Assembly is a nine-member administrative body tasked with overseeing the affairs of a Bahá’í community of a particular locality. Local Spiritual Assemblies are elected annually on April 21, the first day of the Ridván Festival.
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