Stephen Hall (Bahá'í)

Stephen Hall is a current member of the Universal House of Justice, the supreme governing institution of the Bahá'í Faith. Himself and Stephen Birkland were both elected during a by-election in 2010 to fill the vacancies created by the retirement of Hooper Dunbar and Peter Khan.^[1]

Background

A statement from the Bahá'í International Community after the by-election in 2010 included the following biographical statement about Stephen Hall:

Mr. Hall, 56, was born in Australia. He also served as a member of the International Teaching Center, a position he had held since 2005. Before that, Mr. Hall served as a Continental Counsellor for two years. Prior to that, he served as national secretary of the Australian Bahá’í community, from 1996 to 2003.

Possessing both a Bachelor of Education and a Masters of Curriculum Development, Mr. Hall’s background and training are in education. Before his full time employment with the Australian Bahá’í community, Mr. Hall taught in small rural schools in New South Wales. He also worked as a curriculum consultant with the NSW Department of Education from 1986-87, working with rural and indigenous (Aboriginal) communities. Between 1988 and 1994, he was the principal of several larger schools, also in NSW.

Mr. Hall and his wife, Dicy, have four grown children.^[2]

Writings

• Hall, Stephen (1995). "The Family in Baha'i Society: A Unique Approach to Curriculum Development". In National Baha'i Studies Conference. The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges. Association for Baha'i Studies Australia. ISBN 0909991936. 

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