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Introduction
“To the Baha’is of the United States
- ... The time has now come for the privileged
recipients and chief executors of His Divine Plan to take a further step in the unfoldment of their destiny, and demonstrate to their countrymen, to their allies and associates in the Western Hemisphere, and to their co-workers in foreign lands the sterling qualities of noble heroism and spiritual capacity which the Center of the Covenant clearly discerned in them and which the dearly-loved Guardian of our Faith so eloquently praised and lovingly nurtured during the years of his glorious ministry.
“The onward march of God’s invincible Cause
raises an insistent call to this Community
to arise with renewed strength and vigor to
pursue the overall objectives of the Five Year
Plan. . . .” —The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated Naw-Ruz 1974—The Five Year Plan, p. 9)
- A fifth of the span allotted to the Five Year Plan
has run its course and we have passed a major milestone in the destinies of that Plan. It is appropriate for every National Spiritual Assembly to pause in order to appraise its position, and that of the community which it represents and serves, and to determine its progress in relation to the goals with which it stands identifled.’”,-—The Universal House of Justice
(From a letter dated 25 May 1975 to all
National Spiritual Assemblies)
Weare well into the second year of the Five Year Plan, and the National Spiritual Assembly and its appointed agencies together with the Local Spiritual Assemblies all over the continent are stretching their energies both day and night to respond to this most vital task. It becomes
overwhelmingly apparent that if all the goals are to be won, especially those concerning expansion on the homefront, we must focus on the role of the individual believer.
We are confident that once the individual believer knows what is expected of him and how he can go about accomplishing it, he will arise to meet this most urgent challenge successfully.
The purpose of this compilation is to explain to the individual believer his role in the Five Year Plan and how he can successfully discharge his share of the responsibility placed upon the American community as a whole.
