... 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)
