{"id":1281,"date":"2013-05-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/news\/national-governing-body-elected\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T04:51:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T04:51:44","slug":"national-governing-body-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/national-governing-body-elected\/","title":{"rendered":"National governing body elected"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/Portals\/0\/XO3A7283%20Small.jpg\" alt=\"National governing body elected\" \/><figcaption>Members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha&#8217;is of Australia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Baha&#8217;is from throughout Australia have elected the members of the Faith\u2019s national governing body at the annual convention in Sydney.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Conducted by secret ballot in a prayerful atmosphere with no nominations or electioneering, the election by 95 delegates is the central focus of the National Baha\u2019i Convention, being held from 24 May to 26 May at the Sydney Baha\u2019i Centre in Silverwater.<\/p>\n<p>All adult Baha\u2019is in Australia, men and women, are eligible to be elected to the nine-member National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha\u2019is of Australia. The Faith has no clergy but is governed by elected councils at national and local levels.<\/p>\n<p>Those elected to the National Spiritual Assembly were Arini Beaumaris, David Chittleborough, Anton Jones, Fiona McDonald, Fariborz Moshirian, Golshah Naghdy, Anisa Naraqi, Vahid Saberi and Bijan Samali.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As well as participating in the election of the National Spiritual Assembly, the convention delegates, representing electoral units in all parts of Australia, discussed issues of concern to the Australian Baha\u2019i Community.<\/p>\n<p>These included plans for community development, educational programs for children and young teenagers, and working with other Australians to transform the neighbourhoods in which they live.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The delegates will attend a special service at the Baha\u2019i House of Worship in Mona Vale after the convention concludes tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baha&#8217;is from throughout Australia have elected the members of the Faith\u2019s national governing body at the annual convention in Sydney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-releases","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - 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