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Baha'i Children's Class in
Qazvin, Iran, circa 1936
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This Five Year Plan [1974-1979] must witness the development
in the world-wide Bahá'í community of distinctive Bahá'í characteristics
implanted in it by Bahá'u'lláh Himself. Unity of mankind is the pivotal
principle of His Revelation; Bahá'í communities must therefore become renowned
for their demonstration of this unity. In a world becoming daily more divided
by factionalism and group interests, the Bahá'í community must be distinguished
by the concord and harmony of its relationships. The coming of age of the human
race must be foreshadowed by the mature, responsible understanding of human
problems and the wise administration of their affairs by these same Bahá'í
communities. The practice and development of such Bahá'í characteristics are
the responsibility alike of individual Bahá'ís and the administrative
institutions, although the greatest opportunity to foster their growth rests
with the Local Spiritual Assemblies.
(The Universal House of Justice, from a
letter dated Naw-Ruz, 1974, to the Bahá'ís of the World)
