There is no requirement in Bahá'í administration for a new
believer to sign an enrollment card. It is for each National Spiritual Assembly
to decide in the light of conditions in the territory under its jurisdiction
how it wishes a declaration of faith to be made. For a number of reasons it has
been found in most countries that an enrollment card is a simple and useful way
of registering new believers, but this is not a universal requirement...
- The Universal House of Justice (From
a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to the National Spiritual
Assembly of Germany, October 28, 1975; compilation: ‘Lights of Guidance’)
