29 June 1979
To all National Spiritual Assemblies
MOMENT PROPITIOUS ANNOUNCE DURATION TERMS SERVICE MEMBERS
CONTINENTAL BOARDS COUNSELLORS AS ANTICIPATED IN ANNOUNCEMENT ESTABLISHMENT
THAT INSTITUTION AND IN CONSTITUTION UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE. DECISION NOW
TAKEN THAT TERMS WILL BE OF FIVE YEARS STARTING DAY COVENANT 26 NOVEMBER 1980.
SUPPLICATING ANCIENT BEAUTY DIVINE BLESSINGS DEVELOPMENT THIS ESSENTIAL
INSTITUTION BAHA'I ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER.
(‘Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986’)