Annual Report 180 B.E. now available
The National Spiritual Assembly’s Annual Report (Pūrongo Ā-Tau) for 180 B.E., presented to delegates at this year’s National Convention, reviews the ‘major undertaking’ now underway under the guidance of the Supreme Body — and our response in Aotearoa.
National Convention delegates received the report as a resource for preparing for the consultations, and it is now available to the friends generally.
Those who would like to receive it either electronically or in hard copy, please request it from the Bahá’í National Office (nationaloffice@bahai.org.nz).
The Annual Report offers a sense of recent achievements and of the rich possibilities that the next year in the Plan can potentially yield. The report begins with an overview from the National Spiritual Assembly, outlining its plans, hopes, cares and challenges for the Cause in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The main contents of the report are:
Overview from the National Spiritual Assembly
Key Achievements and Hopes
Major activities and achievements in the context of the Nine Year Plan
Financial Report
Reports from Institutions and Agencies
National Administration
Community Statistics Overview
In Memoriam
Words from the Supreme Body on the spiritual enterprise at the time
Enriched with vibrant photographs and informative charts, the Annual Report serves as a valuable resource for tracking the progress of the Faith in Aotearoa.
In the report, the National Assembly writes…
Our sense of responsibility extends beyond the Bahá'í community, and indeed we are seeing an ever-greater sense of outward orientation by all of the Bahá'í institutions, agencies, individuals and communities in Aotearoa towards embracing ever-widening circles in the orbit within which we are all striving to “release the society-building power of the Faith in ever-greater measures.” (30 Dec 2021 message of the House of Justice to Conference of the Counsellors)
This mid-way point of the first phase of the Nine Year Plan frames the annual report, and will also frame the National Convention’s deliberations, keeping the perspective of history fully in view. As we know, many of the approaches that need to be undertaken by individuals, communities and institutions are being reshaped in the Nine Year Plan. As conditions in society worsen, it is even more important that all of these three protagonists and the relationships among them, are influenced more strongly by the Writings of our Faith and the guidance of the beloved Universal House of Justice.
