... 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)
