1. Jean
Olsen (USA).
2. Chad
Olsen (USA).
3. Ian
Roebuck (USA).
4. Barbara
Walsh (USA).
5. Paul
Henderson (USA).
6. Mark
Marangella (USA).
7. Rajendra Upadhyaye (India).
According
to the Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá, Hands of Cause of
God are to be nominated and appointed by the Guardian and they are to be under
his direction and obey his command.
In
past Hands of Cause of God appointed by third Guardian are as under:
April, 1997:
1. Frank Schlatter d. 4-1-2011
April, 2004:
1. Marilyn Meyer
April, 2005:
1. Madeline Byers (posthumous)
September, 2006:
1. Nosrat'u'llah Bahremand (Australia)
2. Ross Campbell (removed 12-2009)
3. JeffreyGoldberg
4. David Maxwell
5. Y.H. Taylor (India)
April 2009
1. Grace Behrens (posthumous)
2. Joel Jani Marangella
3. James Meyer
4. Dr. A Parikh (India)
5. Martin LaValle
A
quote of Bahá'u'lláh's is used as a prayer for Hands
of Cause.
“Light
and glory, greeting and praise be upon the Hands of His Cause, through whom the
light of fortitude hath shone forth and the truth hath been established that
the authority to choose rests with God, the Powerful, the Mighty, the
Unconstrained, through whom the ocean of bounty hath surged and the fragrance
of the gracious favors of God, the Lord of mankind, hath been diffused.
We beseech Him—exalted is He—to shield them through the power of His hosts, to
protect them through the potency of His dominion, and to aid them through His
indomitable strength which prevaileth over all created things.
Sovereignty is God's, the Creator of the heavens and the Lord of the Kingdom of
Names”.
[Tablets
of Bahá’u’lláh, pg. 83, Lawh-I-Dunyá (Tablet of the World)]
Indian
Orthodox Baha’is thanks to the Guardian that he admired and commended the
devoted labors of Indian Orthodox Baha’is to prove to
the misled believers the continuance of the Institution of the Guardianship of
the Cause of God and he rewarded to them by appointing Mr. Rajendra Upadhyaye as Hand of Cause of
God.
We pray for the long life of Guardian.
Dr. A. Parikh.
Secretary, NBC of India
