Continental Counsellors

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Continental Counsellors are high-ranking appointed officers in the Bahá’í administrative order who provide regional guidance, protection, and encouragement to Bahá’í communities under the direction of the Universal House of Justice.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Continental Counsellors canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bahá’í institution ⓘ
appointed Bahá’í officer ⓘ
appointedBy Universal House of Justice ⓘ
collaboratesWith National Spiritual Assemblies ⓘ
Regional Bahá’í institutions ⓘ
communicatesThrough counsellors’ conferences ⓘ
letters and messages to institutions ⓘ
createdBy Universal House of Justice ⓘ
createdIn 1968 ⓘ
geographicalScope Africa ⓘ
Americas ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Australasia ⓘ
linked to: Oceania

Europe ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Auxiliary Board members ⓘ
hasJurisdiction continental regions ⓘ
hasResponsibility encouraging obedience to the Universal House of Justice ⓘ
identifying and nurturing capacity in individuals and institutions ⓘ
strengthening the covenantal protection of the Bahá’í community ⓘ
hasRole promote implementation of plans of the Universal House of Justice ⓘ
protect the Bahá’í Faith from internal and external challenges ⓘ
provide encouragement to Bahá’í communities ⓘ
provide protection to Bahá’í communities ⓘ
provide regional guidance to Bahá’í communities ⓘ
stimulate teaching and consolidation activities ⓘ
support development of Bahá’í institutions ⓘ
hasTermLength five years ⓘ
isGuidedBy Universal House of Justice messages ⓘ
isNot clergy ⓘ
elected body ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
meetsCollectivelyAt World Centre of the Bahá’í Faith ⓘ
operatesUnderPrinciple collective decision-making ⓘ
consultation ⓘ
non-clerical Bahá’í administration ⓘ
oversees Auxiliary Board members ⓘ
partOf Bahá’í administrative order ⓘ
religiousTradition Bahá’í Faith ⓘ
linked to: Baha'i Faith
replaced Hands of the Cause of God in certain functions ⓘ
reportsTo Universal House of Justice ⓘ
selectionMethod appointment ⓘ
supports cluster development ⓘ
community-building activities ⓘ
training institute process ⓘ
termIs renewable ⓘ
worksWith International Teaching Centre ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Universal House of Justice → hasAuthorityOver → Continental Counsellors ⓘ
Bahá'í administration → hasComponent → Continental Counsellors ⓘ