A greater involvement in the life of society, individually
and collectively, will be an inevitable outcome as the process of growth
gathers momentum in advanced clusters. In Bahá’í communities with limited resources too much involvement in
such efforts at an early stage may dissipate their energies and detract from
the coherence of activities necessary for growth. Yet, in areas where the Faith has
sufficiently consolidated itself, it is natural to expect that Bahá’ís would
engage in social action, initially by finding ways to apply the Teachings to
the problems afflicting their families, neighbors and the communities in which
they live. - The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 11 September 2008 written on behalf of the
Universal House of Justice to an individual believer; compilation: ‘Social
Action’, Prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice,
August 2020)
