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Members of National Spiritual Assemblies throughout the world have elected nine members to the Universal House of Justice, the international governing body of the Baha’i Faith, at the Baha’i World Center in Haifa.
On April 29, approximately 1,200 delegates from 170 nations will elect individuals to the nine-member Universal House of Justice, the international governing body of the Baha’i Faith. The election is held every five years at the Baha’i World Center in Haifa, Israel.
Try to imagine, if you can in this age of contention, a style of group decision-making in which participants arrive at a decision that everyone accepts with grace. No “owning” your ideas. No hurt feelings. No battling, blame or sour grapes.
Ed LaBonte: An atheist until age 54
Athol, Massachusetts Baha’i since November 2007 After being an atheist my whole life, I decided, as part of a midlife crisis, that there had to be something out there that was better than nothing. Secular humanists say you have to make your own meaning, but when you’re faced with a gigantic universe that doesn’t care [...]
Mr. Kenneth E. Bowers, Secretary General of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States, was among a small group of selected religious leaders invited to serve as ecumenical representatives at the arrival ceremony honoring His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI at the White House on April 16, 2008.
“It’s like a necklace for the House of Worship,” a visitor said in describing the hand railings that were recently installed at the House of Worship.