A simple but mighty act for advancing the Cause

Unit convention is a major occasion each year when the body of the believers assemble to support the National Spiritual Assembly, and by extension, the Universal House of Justice. The date for unit conventions this year is:

Saturday 5 February

“Throughout the entire planet the devoted followers of Bahá’u’lláh are labouring to develop further the Bahá’í Administrative Order”

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“Through their wholehearted embrace of the Bahá’í electoral process, the believers will witness, day by day, a greater contrast between the emerging institutions of the Bahá’í Administrative Order and the decaying social order around them.”

All believers aged 18 and above are called upon to participate in this important occasion when delegates are elected around the country, who in turn will elect the National Spiritual Assembly at Ridván 179. Those members elected to the National Assembly at that time, will comprise the delegates from Aotearoa New Zealand who will elect the Universal House of Justice at Ridván 180.

Table of units

A table is attached (see black button below) showing host Assemblies, localities and the number of delegates for each unit. It also contains venues and addresses for postal votes.

Some key guidance about voting is contained in the attached page, “Bahá’í Elections and Voting Information” (see second black button).

Significance of participation

These words written by the Universal House of Justice in a letter to the Bahá’ís of the World on 25 March 2007 seem even more relevant today:

Throughout the entire planet the devoted followers of Bahá’u’lláh are labouring to develop further the Bahá’í Administrative Order described by the Guardian “not only as the nucleus but the very pattern of the New World Order”, thus setting the foundation for a world civilization destined to yield its dazzling splendour in the centuries to come. They do so notwithstanding the conditions of turmoil and disorder alluded to by Bahá’u’lláh in affirming that “the world's equilibrium hath been upset through the vibrating influence of this most great, this new World Order. Mankind's ordered life hath been revolutionized through the agency of this unique, this wondrous System — the like of which mortal eyes have never witnessed.”

That same letter concluded:

Through their wholehearted embrace of the Bahá’í electoral process, the believers will witness, day by day, a greater contrast between the emerging institutions of the Bahá’í Administrative Order and the decaying social order around them. In this increasing distinction will be seen the promise of the glory of the World Order of Bahá’u’lláh — the System destined to fulfil the highest expectations of humanity.

Featured image: Friends gathered for the Otago-Southland unit convention in 2021.