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715:' Institute of Religious Studies, The Institute of Global Civilization, and the Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of Macau held an international academic seminar on 'Science, Religion, and Social and Economic Development: Reflection on the Contribution by the Baháʼí Faith Towards an Harmonious Society.'
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Spiritual Assembly of Macau is elected in a two-stage process. In the first stage, the entire Baháʼí population is divided into 19 electoral units, and each unit elects a delegate from the adult Baháʼís residing within its electoral unit. The 19 delegates elect the nine members of the Spiritual
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Baháʼís all around the world as well as in Macau have adopted an education and training program which caters to the spiritual needs of its participants and is arranged for different age groups as follows: Ages 5 – 7: Children's spiritual education classes Grade 1; Ages 8 – 11: Children's spiritual
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The above systematic sequence of training courses is able to develop in participants a meaningful spiritual life and enable them, in various ways, to serve society. The above programs are usually delivered in the participants' homes in small groups. An individual need not be a Baháʼí to take these
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after studying this system of belief for five months—Mr. Harry P.F. Yim (Yen Pei-feng or Yim Pui Fung), a small-business proprietor from Canton (Guangzhou), China. In
October 1954 the second Macanese, Mr. Paul Kao became a Baháʼí. In that year, Mr. Manuel Ferreira, became the first Portuguese to
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energies of junior youth; circles of study, open to all, that enable people of varied backgrounds to advance on equal footing and explore the application of the teachings to their individual and collective lives. “ [ Ref: Universal House of
Justice, “To the Baháʼís of the World” Ridvan 2010)
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Coloane. By 1973, there were eighteen believers spread out in three localities, the
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National Spiritual Assembly of the United States, but after the National Spiritual Assembly of North East Asia was elected in 1957 they were administered by that body.
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The Director of the Policy and Regulations Department of SARA and the vice-chairman of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Guangdong Province visited the office of the Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of
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Mr Zhang Lebin, the new Deputy Director-General of SARA also visited the Office of the Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of Macau. SARA's Director for External Affairs accompanied Mr. Wang and Mr. Zhang on their
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gave permission for Macau to elect its own National Spiritual Assembly. It was the third National Spiritual Assembly in Chinese territory. Taiwan was the first, in 1967, with Hong Kong the second.
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The following is a non-exhaustive timeline of some of the recent activities of the Macau Baháʼí Community involving various institutions and government agencies of the People's Republic of China.
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1215:Hong Kong
1169:Palestine
1094:Sri Lanka
1089:Singapore
969:Indonesia
581:courses.
377:Cosmology
82:Teachings
1238:Category
1159:Abkhazia
1109:Thailand
1064:Pakistan
1044:Mongolia
1039:Maldives
1034:Malaysia
934:Cambodia
683:May 2007
415:Category
262:Apostles
224:Timeline
112:Calendar
23:a series
21:Part of
1134:Vietnam
1049:Myanmar
1029:Lebanon
959:Georgia
914:Bahrain
904:Armenia
774:visits.
703:groups.
506:Coloane
382:Symbols
287:Táhirih
213:History
59:The Báb
1179:Taiwan
1114:Turkey
1079:Russia
1014:Kuwait
994:Jordan
984:Israel
944:Cyprus
929:Brunei
924:Bhutan
765:Macau.
744:Macau.
317:Qiblih
301:Places
246:People
229:Bábism
107:Prayer
76:Basics
25:on the
1220:Macau
1139:Yemen
1099:Syria
1074:Qatar
1054:Nepal
989:Japan
964:India
954:Egypt
939:China
502:Taipa
459:Macau
344:Haifa
272:Bábis
1059:Oman
1024:Laos
979:Iraq
974:Iran
633:The
630:1993
504:and
453:The
349:Acre
102:Laws
1191:and
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787:^
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535:.
500:,
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861:v
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