Spiritual Assembly | January 11, 2005

As there is no clergy in the Bahá'í Faith, Bahá'í communities are governed by freely elected nine-member councils called Local Spiritual Assemblies, who, themselves, govern under National Spiritual Assemblies. Uniquely, there is no system of candidature, electioneering, or campaigning; the purpose being to elect members who best embody the spiritual qualities that would most enable them to serve their community.