Baha'i Administration - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/bahai-administration/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Tue, 05 Nov 2024 15:39:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 What If We Elected Our Leaders the Way Baha’is Do? https://bahaiteachings.org/what-if-we-elected-our-leaders-the-way-bahais-do/ https://bahaiteachings.org/what-if-we-elected-our-leaders-the-way-bahais-do/#respond Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=85938 What would happen if we modeled our civil voting processes on the unique way the global Baha’i community conducts their democratic and spiritual elections? The Baha’i Faith has a remarkably...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/what-if-we-elected-our-leaders-the-way-bahais-do/feed/ 0 How Does the Baha’i Faith Get its Funds? https://bahaiteachings.org/how-does-bahai-faith-get-funds/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-does-bahai-faith-get-funds/#respond Tue, 02 Apr 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=83758 How does the Baha’i Faith get its Funds? Do Baha’is pass a collection plate, or demand tithing, or solicit everyone for donations? No — none of the above. Instead, only...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-does-bahai-faith-get-funds/feed/ 0 The Baha’i Faith: The World’s Purest Democracy? https://bahaiteachings.org/the-bahai-faith-the-worlds-purest-democracy/ https://bahaiteachings.org/the-bahai-faith-the-worlds-purest-democracy/#respond Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=81865 The Baha’i Faith has no clergy, president, or dictator – instead, it operates democratically, electing each of its leadership bodies with universal suffrage and the full participation of every adult...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/the-bahai-faith-the-worlds-purest-democracy/feed/ 0 One of a Kind: A Democratic Global Governing Council https://bahaiteachings.org/democratic-global-governing-council/ https://bahaiteachings.org/democratic-global-governing-council/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2020 12:00:45 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=63363 Imagine this — what if the world had a universal governing council, democratically elected, whose only mandate was to guide humanity towards oneness, peace, and global renewal?  What if such...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/democratic-global-governing-council/feed/ 2 The Baha’i Faith and the Global Rise of Democracy https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-faith-global-rise-democracy/ https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-faith-global-rise-democracy/#comments Mon, 11 May 2020 15:53:11 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=54295 Baha’u’llah’s statements about seizing power from the kings and clerical rulers can partly be seen as an affirmation of his message to the political and religious leaders of the world...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-faith-global-rise-democracy/feed/ 3 Baha’u’llah: From Spiritual Democracy to Political Democracy https://bahaiteachings.org/bahaullah-declares-mission-worlds-leaders/ https://bahaiteachings.org/bahaullah-declares-mission-worlds-leaders/#comments Fri, 08 May 2020 15:44:44 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=54200 What did Baha’u’llah mean when he wrote “From two ranks amongst men power hath been seized: kings and ecclesiastiacs”? In late 1860s, shortly after writing letters announcing his mission to...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/bahaullah-declares-mission-worlds-leaders/feed/ 16 How a Religion with No Clergy Works https://bahaiteachings.org/how-religion-with-no-clergy-works/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-religion-with-no-clergy-works/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:00:38 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=53633 In his writings, Baha’u’llah ruled out the creation of any form of priesthood or clergy among his followers.  For this reason, Baha’is have no priests, deacons, vicars, bishops, clerics, mullahs,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-religion-with-no-clergy-works/feed/ 4 Baha’i International Community Representative Elected to Serve on World Council of Religions for Peace https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-international-community-representative-elected-serve-world-council-religions-peace/ https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-international-community-representative-elected-serve-world-council-religions-peace/#respond Sat, 05 Oct 2019 13:00:30 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=50407 The Baha’i International Community’s Principal Representative, Ms. Bani Dugal, has been elected as a co-president and member of the World Council of Religions for Peace—the world’s largest inter-religious coalition. She...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-international-community-representative-elected-serve-world-council-religions-peace/feed/ 0 Kiribati President Attends Annual Baha’i Convention https://bahaiteachings.org/kiribati-president-attends-annual-bahai-convention/ https://bahaiteachings.org/kiribati-president-attends-annual-bahai-convention/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2019 16:11:56 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=48859 At the closing session of the Baha’i community’s national convention, held in a traditional island meeting house, this country’s president greeted the convention’s attendees. “Allah’u’Abha,” President Taneti Maamau said to...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/kiribati-president-attends-annual-bahai-convention/feed/ 2 What Makes Baha’i Elections Unique? https://bahaiteachings.org/what-makes-bahai-election-unique/ https://bahaiteachings.org/what-makes-bahai-election-unique/#respond Tue, 02 Apr 2019 13:00:29 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=47619 Five years ago, I voted in a Baha’i election for the first time—a joyous and unique experience that taught me a lot about the Baha’i election and its new spirit....

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