Administration, Bahá'í

by Glenford E. Mitchell

Administration, Bahá’í: International system, originating in Bahá’í scripture, that governs the affairs of the Bahá’í Faith, which has no clergy and no professional learned class; a framework based on elected councils that hold legislative, executive, and judicial authority and on appointed individuals whose role is to protect, advise, and influence the Bahá’í community; the embryonic form of the future world order envisioned by Bahá’u’lláh.