# International Teaching Centre

The International Teaching Centre (ITC; Persian: دارالتبلیغ بین‌المللی) is a Baháʼí institution based in the Baháʼí World Centre in Haifa, Israel. Its duties are to stimulate and coordinate the Continental Board of Counselors and assist the Universal House of Justice in matters relating to the teaching and protection of the faith.
The duties of the International Teaching Centre include coordinating, stimulating, and directing the activities of the Continental Boards of Counsellors and acting as liaison between them and the Universal House of Justice.

## History

The institution was first formed in 1973 by the Universal House of Justice, and the inaugural meeting was held on June 14, 1973. The International Teaching Centre originally consisted of the 17 Hands of the Cause of God still living at that time, plus three Counsellor members. The number of Counsellor members was raised to four in 1979, to seven in 1983, and finally to the current nine in 1988. The Counsellor members of the International Teaching Center are appointed by the Universal House of Justice to five-year terms that begin shortly after the International Convention and election of the Universal House of Justice. Members may be appointed to more than one term.

## Counsellor Members

Members are entered in the table under the year when they were first appointed. Starting with the first appointments in 1973, regular appointments have occurred every five years with appointments made in other years either due to the death of a member or the election of a member to the Universal House of Justice in one of the five by-elections to that body. All members have continued to serve after subsequent re-appointments by the Universal House of Justice. Members of the International Teaching Centre who were subsequently elected to the Universal House of Justice have their names italicized in the table.
| 1973 | 1979 | 1983 | 1988 | 1993 | 1998 | 2000 | 2003 | 2005 | 2008 | 2010 | 2013 | 2018 | 2023 |
| Florence Mayberry | Florence Mayberry | Peter Khan | Donald Rogers | Donald Rogers | Rolf von Czékus | Rolf von Czékus | Rolf von Czékus | Rolf von Czékus | Ayman Rouhani | Ayman Rouhani | Alison Milston | Gloria Javid | Gloria Javid |
| Hooper Dunbar | Hooper Dunbar | Hooper Dunbar | Farzam Arbab | Shapoor Monadjem | Payman Mohajer | Payman Mohajer | Payman Mohajer | Stephen Hall | Stephen Hall | Praveen Kumar Mallik | Praveen Kumar Mallik | Dinesh Kumar | Dinesh Kumar |
| Aziz Yazdi | Aziz Yazdi | Aziz Yazdi | Hartmut Grossman | Hartmut Grossman | Hartmut Grossman | Hartmut Grossman | Shahriar Razavi | Shahriar Razavi | Juan Francisco Mora | Juan Francisco Mora | Juan Francisco Mora | Albert Nshisu Nsunga | Kanagaratnam Lakmeeharan |
| | Anneliese Bopp | Anneliese Bopp | Lauretta King | Lauretta King | Lauretta King | Lauretta King | Paul Lample | Gustavo Correa | Stephen Birkland | Chuungu Malitonga | Mehranguiz Farid Tehrani | Mehranguiz Farid Tehrani | Mehranguiz Farid Tehrani |
| | | Masʼud Khamsi | Masʼud Khamsi | Kiser Barnes | Kiser Barnes | Zenaida Ramirez | Zenaida Ramirez | Zenaida Ramirez | Zenaida Ramirez | Zenaida Ramirez | Ramchand Coonjul | Holly Woodard | Holly Woodard |
| | | Isobel Sabri | Isobel Sabri | Joan Lincoln | Joan Lincoln | Joan Lincoln | Joan Lincoln | Joan Lincoln | Joan Lincoln | Joan Lincoln | Antonella Demonte | Antonella Demonte | Antonella Demonte |
| | | Magdalene Carney | Magdalene Carney | Kimiko Schwerin | Penelope Walker | Penelope Walker | Penelope Walker | Penelope Walker | Penelope Walker | Penelope Walker | Andrej Donoval | Andrej Donoval | Amir Saberin |
| | | | Joy Stevenson | Joy Stevenson | Firaydoun Javaheri | Firaydoun Javaheri | Rachel Ndegwa | Rachel Ndegwa | Rachel Ndegwa | Rachel Ndegwa | Rachel Ndegwa | Rachel Ndegwa | Rachel Ndegwa |
| | | | Peter Vuyiya | Fred Schechter | Violette Haake | Violette Haake | Violette Haake | Violette Haake | Uransaikhan Baatar | Uransaikhan Baatar | Uransaikhan Baatar | Navid Serrano | Navid Serrano |

## Publications

* Training Institutes: Attaining a Higher Level of Functioning (January 2017)
* Insights from the Frontiers of Learning (April 2013)
* Attaining Dynamics of Growth: Glimpses from Five Continents (April 2008)
* Building Momentum: A Coherent Approach to Growth (April 2003)