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Date 1998-04, sorted by date, descending

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1998 Ridván
199-
The former Regional Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the Czech and Slovak Republics was re-formed with the election of the new national assembly in Slovakia and the other became the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the Czech Republic with the seat remaining in Prague. [BW26 p34; BW27p55] Czech Republic; National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Prague, Czech Republic
1998 Ridván
199-
Three new National Spiritual Assemblies were elected at Ridván, two in Malaysia, the National Spiritual Assembly of Sabah with its seat in Kota Kinabalu, and the National Spiritual Assembly of Sarawak with it seat in Kuching. A third was elected in Europe, in Slovakia with its seat in Bratislava. [Ridán Message 1998; BW26p34; BW27p57 &58]

With these new assemblies, the number of National Spiritual Assemblies rose to 179. [Ridván 155]

National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Sabah, Malaysia; Sarawak, Malaysia; Slovakia; Statistics
1998 Ridván
199-
The National Spiritual Assembly was re-established in Liberia with its seat in Monrovia. [Ridán Message 1998]
  • The Assembly, which had been established as an independent national spiritual assembly in 1982, had been disbanded during the civil war which began in 1991 and was re-formed as this time when the civil war ended. [BW98-99p54-55]
  • Liberia; Monrovia, Liberia; National Spiritual Assembly, formation
    1998 Ridván
    199-
    The Universal House of Justice announced in its Ridvan Message the "ten of thousands of individuals have over the last two years completed at least one institute course." [Mess86-01p612] * Institute process; - Bahá'í World Centre; Growth; Statistics; Training Institutes
    1998 8 Apr
    199-
    The passing of Florence Mayberry (b. 18 September 1906, Sleeper, Laclede County, Missouri, USA) at St. John's Regional Health Center in Springfield, Greene Country MO. She was buried in the Marshfield Cemetery, Marshfield, Missouri. [BW26p275]

    In 1954 she was appointed to the first Auxiliary Board along with eight others. Her area included western Canada, two-thirds of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, plus Alaska and Hawaii. Those appointed in North America were: Canada: Rowland Estall; United States and inter-America: William de Forge; Mrs. Margery McCormick; Mrs. Katherine McLaughlin; Mrs. Florence Mayberry; Dr. Sarah Pereira. While serving as an Auxiliary Board member, Florence was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States in 1959. [BW12p40]

    Florence and her husband David pioneered to Mexico in 1961, where she was also elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Mexico and she continued her service as an Auxiliary Board member. She was a delegate to the first International Convention to elect the first House of Justice.

    In 1968 as part of a new development in the Faith to appoint Boards of Councillors in each continent, the House of Justice appointed Florence, along with Lloyd Gardner and Edna True as members of the North American Board of Counsellors. .

    In 1973 she was appointed as one of three Counsellors of the newly established International Teaching Centre. For Florence and her husband David, this was the beginning of 10 years of service at the Bahá'í World Center. At the time of her appointment the International Teaching Centre consisted of the seventeen living Hands of the Cause and three Counsellor members, Hooper Dunbar, Florence Mayberry and 'Aziz Yardi. [Wikipedia; Find a grave]

    See Wikipedia for her extensive bibliography as a mystery writer and her autobiography titled The Great Adventure published in 1994 bu Nine Pines Publishing.

    - Biographies; - In Memoriam; Auxiliary Board Members, Appointments; Continental Board of Counsellors; Florence Mayberry; International Teaching Centre; Marshfield, MO; Sleeper, MO
    1998 Apr
    199-
    The publication of the booklet Training Institutes by the Universal House of Justice. [TP323-342] * Institute process; * Publications; - Bahá'í World Centre; Training Institutes; Training Institutes, documents
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