Teaching the Faith embraces many diverse activities, all of
which are vital to success, and each of which reinforce the other. Time and
again the beloved Guardian emphasized that expansion and consolidation are twin
and inseparable aspects to teaching that must proceed simultaneously yet one
still hears believers discussing the virtues of one as against the other. The
purpose of teaching is not complete when a person declares that he has accepted
Bahá'u'lláh as the Manifestation of God for this age; the purpose of teaching
is to attract human beings to the Divine Message and so imbue them with its
spirit that they will dedicate themselves to its service, and this world will
become another world and its people another people. Viewed in this light a declaration
of Faith is merely a milestone along the way -- albeit a very important one.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter to all National Spiritual
Assemblies, May 25, 1975; Compilation: ‘Lights of Guidance’)
