Stephen Birkland
Stephen Birkland | |
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| Born | c. 1952 |
| ABM | Americas 1976 - 1993 |
| Counsellor | Americas 1993 - 2008 |
| ITC member | 2008 - 2010 |
| UHJ member | 2010 - 2023 |
Stephen Birkland is an American Bahá’í who has served as an Auxiliary Board member, Continental Counsellor, and member of the Universal House of Justice.
Background[edit]
Birkland lived in Minnesota in the United States where he practiced as a psychotherapist. He also worked as an organizational consultant and lectured at the Metropolitan State University in St. Paul in his professional career.[1]
In 1976 Birkland was appointed as an Auxiliary Board member and served in the role until 1993 when he was appointed as a Continental Counselor on the Board for the Americas as a vacancy had been left by appointments to the International Teaching Center.[2][3] He was reappointed for a full five year term as Counselor in 1995,[4] and reappointed in 2000 and 2005.[5]
In 2008 Birkland was appointed to the International Teaching Center and moved to the Holy Land to serve on the body.[6] In 2010 he was elected to the Universal House of Justice in a by-election held due to Peter Khan and Hooper Dunbar retiring from the body.[7] In 2022 he requested permission to retire from the Universal House of Justice at the end of his term in 2023 with the Institution accepting his request.[8]
Talks[edit]
- 1983 - Making Decisions Using Bahá’í Principles
- 1985 - The Bahá’í Experience
- 1988 - Talk at Greenlake
- 1988 - I Exam
- 1988 - Make a Spectacle of Yourself
- 1989 - The Dynamic Picture
- 1991 - Talk at Greenlake Wisconsin Bahá’í Conference
- 2003 - Some Thoughts About Scholarship and Learning in a Far-from-Equilibrium State
- 2005 - Opening Address at 29th North American Bahá’í Studies Conference
- 2008 - Talk at ATL Regional Conference
- 2009 - Talk at Frankfurt Regional Conference
- 2013 - Talk at SON
- 2021 - Message of the Universal House of Justice Commemorating the Centenary of the Ascension of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
Notes[edit]
- ↑ https://www.onecountry.org/story/two-new-members-universal-house-justice-are-chosen-election
- ↑ "Speakers". Baha'i Young Adult. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- ↑ https://bahai.works/MUHJ86-01/156/Appointment_of_Four_New_Continental_Counselors
- ↑ https://bahai.works/MUHJ86-01/207/Appointment_of_Continental_Counselors_and_Increase_in_Number_of_Continental_Counselors
- ↑ https://bahai.works/MUHJ86-01/344/Appointment_of_Continental_Counselors
- ↑ https://www.onecountry.org/story/two-new-members-universal-house-justice-are-chosen-election
- ↑ https://www.onecountry.org/story/two-new-members-universal-house-justice-are-chosen-election
- ↑ https://news.bahai.org/story/1655/
References[edit]
- "Two new members elected to Universal House of Justice". Bahá’í World News Service. 20 March 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
