Thelma Khelghati
Thelma Khelghati | |
|---|---|
 Khelghati (left) serving as Head chief teller at 10th International Convention. | |
| NSA member | Guinea ???? - ???? |
| ABM | Americas 1970 - 1973 Africa 1973 - 1976 |
| Counsellor | Western Africa 1976 - 1980 Africa 1980 - 1988 |
Dr. Thelma Khelghati is a Bahá’í who served as a Continental Counselor for Africa.
Background[edit]
Khelghati was born Thelma Thomas and she was appointed as an Auxiliary Board member for Propagation in North America in 1970.[1] By 1972 she had married and she spoke at a deepening conference held in South Carolina in the United States that year.[2] In March 1973 she pioneered to Togo with her husband, Amru'llah, and she was assigned as an Auxiliary Board member for Togo, Dahomey, Ghana, and Niger.[3]
In 1974 Khelghati participated in an International Teaching and Deepening Conference held in Lome, Togo,[4] and in 1975 accompanied the Ghanaian Bahá’í musician Ranzie Mensah on a visit to the town of Vogan in Togo.[5] The National Spiritual Assembly of Togo was established in 1975 and Khelghati noted there was a large degree of receptivity in the country.[3]
In 1976 the Universal House of Justice appointed Khelghati to the Continental Board for Western Africa,[6] and later in the year she visited villages in Ghana,[7] and participated in the first Bahá’í Women's Institute of Togo.[8]
In 1980 Khelghati was appointed to the newly established Continental Board of Counselors for Africa for a five year term,[9] and she was appointed for a second term in 1985.[10] She completed her term as Counselor in 1988 as due to circumstances beyond her control she had to leave Africa meaning she no longer resided in the area of jurisdiction for the Continental Board.[11]
In 2004 Khelghati participated in the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Bahá’í Faith in Ghana held in Accra,[12] and in 2008 she served as head chief teller at the Tenth International Convention.[13] She was serving on the National Spiritual Assembly of Guinea as of 2008.[14] In recent years Khelghati serves as a chief of party on international projects for the non-profit company the Education Development Center.[15]
References[edit]
- ↑ Baha'i News (1970). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 473, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1972). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 501, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Baha'i News (1975). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 537, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1974). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 523, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1975). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 528, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1976). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 542, Pg(s) 1. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1977). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 550, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1977). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 550, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (February 1981). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 599, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (December 1985). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 657, Pg(s) 1. View as PDF.
- ↑ 16 June 1988 message from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the World
- ↑ https://news.bahai.org/story/328/
- ↑ https://news.bahai.org/story/627/slideshow/5/
- ↑ https://www.onecountry.org/story/no-nominations-or-campaigning-how-does-bahai-electoral-process-work
- ↑ https://www.edc.org/celebrating-women-who-lead
