The Unfolding Destiny of the British Bahá'í Community : the Messages from the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith to the Bahá'ís of the British Isles

by Effendi Shoghi

JOHN FERRABY, Hand of the Cause of God.

Accepted the Faith in 1941 and was elected to the National Assembly almost immediately. He was Secretary from 1946 until December 1960 when he took up duties at the World Centre. He was also for a number of years manager of the Bahá’í Publishing Trust. On his passing in September 1973 the Universal House of Justice called for memorial meetings “ALL COMMUNITIES BAHÁ’Í WORLD” and referred to his “VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION BAHÁ’Í LITERATURE THROUGH HIS BOOK ‘ALL THINGS MADE NEW’”. (“Bahá’í World”, Vol. XVI, p. 511.)

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