| ←Churches | Lights of Guidance , compiled by Helen Hornby X. COMMITTEES |
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A. Appointing Committees
- 543. Freedom to Appoint Any Bahá’í Qualified for the Work
- 544. Continuity of Committee Personnel
- 545. Preferable Some Qualified Native Believers Serve on Committee
- 546. Desirability of Easy Meeting of National Teaching Committee—If Possible, not to be Burdened with other Duties
- 547. Committees Can be Constituted with Eye for Improvement and Change
- 548. Assembly Should Use Discretion When Appointing Committee Members—Incompatible Personalities on Committees
- 549. National Committees Ordinarily Appointed by and Responsible to the National Spiritual Assembly
- 550. Non-Members of Assemblies Should be Given the Opportunity to Develop Administrative Skills
- 551. Not Necessary that Committee Appointments Expire at Ridván
B. Election of Committee Officers
- 552. All Committee Members Must be Given Opportunity to Cast Ballot—Election of Officers by Majority, not Plurality
- 553. If Member Has a Good Reason, he is Free to Suggest he Should not be Elected to Office
C. Structure and Function of National Committees
- 554. An Efficient Teaching Structure Must be Adopted by the National Spiritual Assembly
- 555. Function of the National Teaching Committee
- 556. National Committees Constituted to Serve Needs of Local Assemblies
- 557. National Assembly Should Issue Instructions to National Teaching Committee to Avoid Confusion
- 558. Some Committees Need Larger Membership
D. Special Committees
- (Administrative, Ad Hoc, Emergency—National and Regional Teaching Committees)
- 559. Administrative Committees Have Authority only as Given Them by National Spiritual Assembly
- 560. Ad Hoc Committees Can be Appointed to Deal with Personal Problems
- 561. When an Assembly Lapses, Administrative Committee can be Named from Adult Believers of Community
- 562. Scope of the Functions of the Emergency Committee
- 563. Latitude of Actions that May be Taken by an Emergency Committee
- 564. National Assembly Defines Limits Placed on Emergency Committee—Decisions of Committee Are Subject to Subsequent Approval of Assembly as a Whole
- 565. Quorum of Emergency Committee Members
- 566. Special Committee Can be Named to Assume Responsibility for Consolidation
- 567. Not Necessary for National Committees to be Centred at National Headquarters
- 568. Regional Committees—Sub-Committees of National Teaching Committee
- 569. Too Many Committees Confuse Rather Than Clarify the Work
- 570. Relationship of National Teaching Committee to Regional Teaching Committees
- 571. Auxiliary Board Member Can Serve on Certain Special Committees
- 572. Collaboration Between Auxiliary Board Members and National and Regional Teaching Committees
- 573. National Youth Committee
- 574. Young Bahá’ís Under 21 May Serve on Committees
- 575. Local Committees
- 576. Structure of National and Regional Teaching Committees
