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Date 1922-04-25, ascending — sort latest first

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1922 25 Apr
192-		 A National Spiritual Assembly was elected in the United States to replace the Executive Board of the Bahá'í Temple Unity. [SBR94]
  • The difference between this body and its forerunner was little more than a change in name. [DP122]
  • The conversion of the Bahá'í Temple Unity into the National Spiritual Assembly took four years; it was not until 1925 that Shoghi Effendi recognized the American national body as a National Spiritual Assembly. [CT161; DP121-2; GPB333]
  • The election procedures followed that were used this period were not the current Bahá'í procedure: there was electioneering and candidates were nominated with a straw poll taken to trim the number of eligible candidates. [CT160; DP122]
    		•  National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Spiritual Assemblies; Executive Board; Bahá'í Temple Unity; Elections; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Chicago, IL; USA
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