Strategies
to advance the process of entry by troops cannot ignore children and junior
youth, if the victories won in one generation are not to be lost with the
passage of time. It is imperative, then, that at this point in the process of
systematization of the teaching work, definite steps be taken to ensure that
the vision of the community fully embraces its younger members. The education
of children, an obligation enjoined on both parents and institutions, requires
special emphasis so as to become thoroughly integrated into the process of
community development. This activity should be taken to new levels of intensity
during these twelve months and then be further raised in the years immediately
after. That the programmes of most institutes in the world provide for the
training of children's class teachers represents an element of strength.
Spiritual Assemblies and Auxiliary Board members will need to mobilize these
newly trained human resources to meet the spiritual requirements of children
and junior youth.
(The Universal House of Justice, 1999 Nov 26, Announcement of 12-month and 5-year plans)
(The Universal House of Justice, 1999 Nov 26, Announcement of 12-month and 5-year plans)
