Max Seepe
Max Seepe | |
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| Born | 1908 |
| Died | 1982 |
| NSA member | South & West Africa 1956 - 1982 |
| ABM | Africa ???? - ???? |
Lot Max Seepe (1908 - 1982) was an early South African Bahá’í who served as a National Spiritual Assembly and Auxiliary Board member.
Biography[edit]
Seepe worked as a teacher in South Africa and was stationed in several cities across the country. He later left teaching to work for an insurance company and settled in Western Township in Johannesburg where he also volunteered with the Scouts and as a first-aid assistant for the St. John Ambulance Association.[1]
In July 1955 Seepe became a Bahá’í and he was the first black South African to accept the Faith. His wife also became a Bahá’í a short time afterwards and they began hosting firesides in their home.[1] Local Spiritual Assemblies helped establish the Local Spiritual Assembly of Western Township and also helped establish Assemblies in the Newclare and Sophiatown Townships which were all later incorporated into a Local Spiritual Assembly of Johannesburg which Seepe served on.[2]
In April 1956 the National Spiritual Assembly of South and West Africa was formed and Seepe was elected to the body. He began undertaking travel teaching trips across the Assemblies area of jurisdiction assisting in the establishment of communities in Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zululand. He attended the First International Convention in Haifa as a member of the South and West Africa Assembly casting a vote in the establishment of the Universal House of Justice.[2]
Seepe served on the National Spiritual Assembly of South and West Africa and the Local Spiritual Assembly of Johannesburg well into his old age and in 1978 he served as a teller at that years International Convention.[2] In September 1982 he attended an International Conference held in Johannesburg which was the last Bahá’í event he was able to participate in as he passed away that year.[3]
After Seepe's passing the Universal House of Justice cabled the following message:
DEEPLY GRIEVED PASSING BELOVED PROMOTER FAITH MAX SEEPE. HIS LONG RECORD DEVOTED SERVICES HIS EXEMPLARY STEADFASTNESS WILL ALWAYS INSPIRE HEARTS HIS COWORKERS AND COUNTRYMEN. PRAYING HOLY SHRINES PROGRESS HIS SOUL. EXTEND FAMILY LOVING SYMPATHY.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1986). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 18 (1979-1983), Pg(s) 806. View as PDF.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1986). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 18 (1979-1983), Pg(s) 807. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1986). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 18 (1979-1983), Pg(s) 808. View as PDF.
