Local Spiritual Assemblies

 

New Notes for Guidance for Local Spiritual Assemblies

Please see the new and revised Notes for Guidance for Local Spiritual Assemblies linked below.

Notes for Guidance Contents

You can locate the particular guidance you need by consulting the Contents document.

• Click here to download a PDF of the Contents

Administration of Bahá’í law

• Administration of Bahá’í law

Assembly formation & functioning

• Attributes of a Local Spiritual Assembly 
• Current approaches to the administration of Assembly affairs
• Formation and election of Assemblies
• Consultation
• The Assembly’s relationships with individuals and the community
• The Assembly’s relationship with the Regional Bahá’í Council, cluster agencies & the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (ISGP)
• Relationship with Auxiliary Board members and their assistants

Bahá’í community life

• Nineteen Day Feasts
• Holy Days

Bahá’í funds

• Bahá’í Funds
• Gift Aid
• Simple bookkeeping and accounts
• Sample accounts for Local Spiritual Assemblies

Bahá’í membership

• Declarations and enrolments
• Resignation from Bahá’í membership

Data protection

• Dedicated Local Spiritual Assembly email address

Insurance

• Insurance for Bahá’í activities and buildings

Personal responsibilities

• Service on Bahá’í Institutions

Domestic abuse

• Domestic Abuse Policy & Guidelines

End of life issues

• Death and Bahá’í burials
• Information for Funeral Directors about Bahá’í funerals
• Making your will

Marriage and divorce

• Bahá’í marriage
• Parental consent policy
• Parental consent for marriage
• Planning your wedding
• Bahá’í marriage in Northern Ireland
• Bahá’í marriage in Scotland
• Reconciliation & divorce
• Applying for a Year of Patience

Other policies

• Literature and audio-visual review
• Mixed sex accommodation
• Strikes

Unacceptable behaviour between adults

• Procedure for Local Assemblies in relation to unacceptable behaviour between adults, excluding domestic abuse

Safeguarding & child protection

• Safeguarding children
• Click here for the Safeguarding Children page on this site. You can download various important policy and practice documents relating to safeguarding.

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