... Undoubtedly when the Word of God penetrates the hearts
of the people there it will transform them into the new race of men which is
promised in our teachings. The function of the Bahá’í communities at the
present time is to act as the leaven which will gradually bring this great
transformation about.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 19
April 1973 to an individual believer; compilation: ‘A New Race of Men’,
prepared by the Research department of the Universal House of Justice, included
in a letter dated 2013-09-13 written by the Office of Correspondence of the
Universal House of Justice to an individual believer)
