Stephen Hall
Stephen Hall | |
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| Born | c. 1954 |
| NSA member | Australia 1996 - 2003 |
| Counsellor | Australasia 2003 - 2005 |
| ITC member | 2005 - 2010 |
| UHJ member | 2010 - 2023 |
Stephen Hall is an Australian Bahá’í who served as a National Spiritual Assembly member, Continental Counsellor, and member of the Universal House of Justice.
Background[edit]
In his personal life Hall married Dicy and they have four children. In his career he was a teacher who worked in rural New South Wales and in 1986 he was appointed as a curriculum consultant with the New South Wales Department of Education serving for one year. In 1988 he became a school principal and he worked as a principal in various New South Wales schools until 1994.[1] As of 2000 Hall had been elected the secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia which was a full-time position of service,[2] and he was living in Sydney to serve in the role.[3] As of 2002 he had been elected the Chief Executive Officer of the National Spiritual Assembly.[4]
In 2003 the Universal House of Justice appointed Hall as a Continental Counselor for Australasia and he resigned from the National Spiritual Assembly to accept the appointment.[4] As of 2004 he was working as CEO of Childcare Services for the Gold Coast based company the Sunland Group,[5] although in 2005 he retired from the position as he was appointed to the International Teaching Center and relocated to the Holy Land.[1] In 2010 he was elected to the Universal House of Justice in a by-election held due to Hooper Dunbar and Peter Khan retiring from the body.[1]
In 2022 Hall requested permission to retire from the Universal House of Justice at the end of his term in 2023 with the Institution accepting his request.[6]
Publications[edit]
Articles[edit]
- 1995 - The Family in Bahá’í Society: A Unique Approach to Curriculum Development, published in The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges[7]
- 2021 - Foreword to Messages to the Antipodes, Second Edition.[8]
Talks[edit]
- 2006 - Serving the Divine Plan
- 2007 - On the Five Year Plan
- 2008 - Approaching the Midway Point of the Five Year Plan
- 2009 - Brief Comments at Sydney Conference
- 2021 - Message of the Universal House of Justice Commemorating the Centenary of the Ascension of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
- 2024 - Children: The Promise of Our Future
Notes[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.onecountry.org/story/two-new-members-universal-house-justice-are-chosen-election
- ↑ Australian Baha'i Report, Volume 4, Issue 1
- ↑ Australian Baha'i Report, Volume 5, Issue 1
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Australian Baha'i Report, Volume 7, Issue 1
- ↑ Sunland Group 2004 Annual Report, p 6
- ↑ https://news.bahai.org/story/1655/
- ↑ https://bahai-library.com/hall_family_bahai_society
- ↑ https://bahaibooks.com.au/products/messages-to-the-antipodes-au-softcover
References[edit]
- "Two new members elected to Universal House of Justice". Bahá’í World News Service. 20 March 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
