The Baha'i work for the reconstruction of human society can
thus be seen to comprise three streams: the most fundamental is the spreading
of the Word of God, the winning of the allegiance of ever greater numbers of
men and women to the Cause of Baha'u'llah and the establishment of the Baha'i
Administrative Order; concurrent with this is the contribution to human
advancement and to the progress of the Baha'i community made by individual
Baha'is in the pursuit of their daily work; and then there are the projects and
institutions for human advancement launched and operated by Baha'i Spiritual
Assemblies as their resources grow and the range of their activities expands.
It is for the Universal House of Justice to direct the energies of the
believers in these various channels and to make known what activities are
timely and have priority. It considers that the establishment of an International
Human Development Centre now as a Baha'i-affiliated institution would be
untimely and ill-advised.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 21 August 1977 written on behalf
of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer)
