The Universal House
of Justice is aware of the magnitude of the problems that the Bahá'í
communities face, but as the response to the Message of Bahá'u'lláh increases
and as the Bahá'í community throughout the world shows its ability to overcome
these problems, the attention of men and women of every stratum of society will
increasingly be drawn to the Faith. The most urgent need now -- so late is the
hour -- is for the Bahá'ís to spread the Message, while they are still able to
do so, to the largest possible number of their fellow human beings,
simultaneously expanding and consolidating the Bahá'í community as quickly as
they can with the resources at their disposal. As mankind passes through the
darkest phase of its history, the Bahá'í community will have to face not only
entry by troops, which it is now experiencing, but, before too long, mass
conversion.
- 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; ‘Messages from the
Universal House of Justice 1963-1986’)
