The Baha'i Faith was first introduced to Ethiopia in 1933 by Sabrí Elias, who was an Egyptian Bahai. He served the Faith across Africa establishing the religion in Ethiopia and also pioneering in French Somaliland, now Djibouti.
Since the introduction of the Baha'i Faith to this country (For the past 91 years), the Ethiopian Baha'i community has engaged in different activities that transform the life of the community. Ethiopian Baha'is reside in different regions of the country. They are governed by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Ethiopia, which is an administrative body tasked with overseeing the affairs of the Bahá’í community of Ethiopia. It has nine members and are elected annually to serve the community. Baha'is in every country have their own National Spiritual Assemblies that govern their affairs at the national level. The international governing body, called the Universal House of Justice, is elected once every five years in Haifa, Israel at the international convention attended by members of all National Spiritual Assemblies from all over the world. All Bahá’í elections are conducted in secret ballots in an atmosphere of prayer where nominations, campaigning, and all discussion of persons is forbidden.
Currently the Ethiopian Baha'i community is working with different clusters both in urban and village settings across the country. In those clusters, the Baha'is along with other like minded people work to develop their communities spiritually, intellectually and materially using the inspirations from the Faith.
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