Asfaw Tessema

Asfaw Tessema
NSA memberNorth East Africa
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ABMAfrica
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CounsellorAfrica
2000 - 2005

Asfaw Tessema is an Ethiopian Bahá’í who served as a National Spiritual Assembly member, Auxiliary Board member, and Continental Counsellor in Africa.

Background[edit]

Tessema was serving as assistant secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of North East Africa as of 1966,[1][2] and by 1972 he was the full secretary of the Assembly.[3]

As of 1980 Tessema had been appointed as an Auxiliary Board member,[4] and that year he was part of a delegation representing the Ethiopian Bahá’í community which presented Bahá’í educational materials to the Ethiopian government and representatives of the United Nations.[5][6]

In 2000 the Universal House of Justice appointed Tessema to the Continental Board of Counsellors for Africa for a five year term.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Baha'i News (1966). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 426, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
  2. ↑ Baha'i News (1966). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 429, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
  3. ↑ Baha'i News (1973). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 504, Pg(s) 22. View as PDF.
  4. ↑ Baha'i News (1980). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 594, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
  5. ↑ Baha'i News (1980). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 592, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
  6. ↑ Baha'i News (1980). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 589, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
  7. ↑ 29 October 2000 message from the Universal House of Justice to the Baha'is of the World
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