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[Page i] 6 THE UNITED KINGDOM BAHA’I COMMUNITY SIX YEAR PLAN

OBJECTIVES AND RESPONSIBILITIES [Page ii] ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

The Author of the Divine Plan [Page 1] The Resting Place of the Beloved Guardian [Page 2]

NUMBER OF BAHÁ’ÍS IN EUROPE

EACH FIGURE REPRESENTS 1,000 BELIEVERS

Year	Number of Believers
1963	2,500
1968	7,500
1973	16,500
1978	21,500
1983	26,500

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE	5
THE SIX YEAR PLAN (143-149B.E. / 1986-1992 C.E.)
The Major Objectives	6
Acceptance of the United Kingdom Plan	7
CONTINENTAL BOARD OF COUNSELLORS IN EUROPE	8
MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY	10
THE UNITED KINGDOM SIX YEAR PLAN	11
THE TEACHING REGIONS	25
MAPS OF TEACHING REGIONS	26
THE SIX YEAR PLAN: ANALYSIS OF OBJECTIVES AND RESPONSIBILITIES	37
Carry the Healing Message of Bahá’u’lláh to the     generality of mankind	39
Greater involvement of the Faith in the life of     human society	47
A worldwide increase in the translation, production,     distribution, and use of Bahá’í literature	49
Further acceleration in the process of the maturation of     local and national Bahá’í communities	53
Greater emphasis to universal participation and the     spiritual enrichment of individual believers	58
A wider extension of Bahá’í education to children and     youth, and the strengthening of Bahá’í family life	59
The pursuit of projects of social and economic     development in well-established Bahá’í communities	61
Goals for International Assistance	64
THE SIX YEAR PLAN: INDEX OF OBJECTIVES AND TASKS TO ACHIEVE
Areas of responsibility and areas to assist and serve the     community	69
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY in consultation with the     Continental Board of Counsellors	71

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NATIONAL TEACHING COMMITTEE Regional Teaching Committees and Departments	73
NORTHERN IRELAND TEACHING COMMITTEE	75
BAHÁ’Í EDUCATION COMMITTEE	77
INTERNATIONAL GOALS COMMITTEE	80
BAHÁ’Í INFORMATION OFFICES (United Kingdom)	80
BAHÁ’Í PUBLISHING TRUST	81
NATIONAL YOUTH COMMITTEE and BAHÁ’Í SOCIETIES	82
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	83
PERSIAN INTEGRATION COMMITTEE	84
REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES	85
BAHÁ’Í SCHOOLS COMMITTEE	86
NATIONAL WOMEN’S COMMITTEE	87
BAHÁ’Í ADVISORY SERVICE	87
AUDIO VISUAL COMMITTEE	87
BAHÁ’Í PROPERTIES COMMITTEE	88
BORDER CONFERENCES COMMITTEE	88
LOCAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and Assistants	89
BAHÁ’Í GROUPS in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and Assistants	93
EACH INDIVIDUAL BAHÁ’Í	97
THE UNITED KINGDOM SIX YEAR PLAN (Persian Translation)	103

Different editions of this booklet have been prepared for individuals, groups and Local Assemblies. Parts of the full contents listed here are intentionally omitted from some editions. [Page 5] 25 February 1986

To all National Spiritual Assemblies

Dear Bahá’í Friends,

The Six Year Plan

.......... A special characteristic of the Six year Plan is that the conceiving of the detailed national goals is itself to be one of the tasks of the Plan, but this fact should not hold up in any way the activities of your communities. With this letter you are being acquainted with the Major Objectives of the Plan and every believer, every Local Spiritual Assembly, and all the national committees can pursue immediately, with increasing vigour, many projects towards their attainment, both projects already in process and others which will be newly conceived, so that when the specific national goals for each community are announced they will be received by a united company of devoted followers of Bahá’u’lláh already in the full flood of activity.

It is the hope of the Universal House of Justice that each National Assembly will be able to meet before Riḍván with a representative of the Continental Board of ‎Counsellor’s Counsellors‎ so that from this initial consultation a basis will be laid for consultation on the goals at the National Convention.

Other consultations will no doubt continue following the Riḍván Festival. Their duration will depend on the condition of each national community, its size and the complexity of its circumstances. As soon as specific goals have been formulated and agreed they should be immediately sent to the World Centre. They will then be considered by the Universal House of Justice and the International Teaching Centre and, as soon as possible, the National Spiritual Assembly will be informed of the approval or modification of its proposal. Each submission will be considered on its arrival; the earlier they arrive the better, and in no case should a submission reach the World Centre later than 1 November 1986.

Among the elements of the Plan which are not covered by the list of Major Objectives are the goals for international assistance including pioneering, resident teaching projects, travel teaching, assistance for development projects, and for the acquisition of properties and vehicles. Notes relating to these elements have been provided to the Continental Board of Counsellors who will share them with National Spiritual Assemblies during the process of consultation. Since they are international in nature, these goals will have to be consolidated and approved at the World Centre before being generally announced.

Though the institutions of the Faith are responsible for planning the goals and activities of the Cause, for stimulating and encouraging the believers to arise, and for supporting and unifying them in their services, it is, in the final analysis, through the spiritual decisions and actions of the individual believers that the Faith moves forward on its course to ultimate victory. It is the ardent hope of the Universal House of Justice that every faithful follower of Bahá’u’lláh will search his or her heart and [Page 6] turn with full attention and loving self-sacrifice to the consideration of the goals of the Six Year Plan, and determine how to play a part in their achievement.

The prayers of the Universal House of Justice and the International Teaching Centre at the Sacred Threshold will surround the institutions of the Faith in every continent and nation as you assume your weighty task of conceiving the goals which will guide the national communities of the Faith through the next six years.

With loving Bahá’í greetings,

For Department of the Secretariat

THE SIX YEAR PLAN

143-149 BE 1986-1992 CE

The Major Objectives

The major objectives of the Six ‎year Year‎ Plan include: carrying the healing Message of Bahá’u’lláh to the generality of mankind; greater involvement of the Faith in the life of human society; a worldwide increase in the translation, production, distribution and use of Bahá’í literature; further acceleration in the process of the maturation of national and local Bahá’í communities; greater attention to universal participation and the spiritual enrichment of individual believers; a wider extension of Bahá’í education of children and youth and the strengthening of Bahá’í family life; and the pursuit of projects of social and economic development in well-established Bahá’í communities. [Page 7] THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE BAHÁ’Í WORLD CENTRE

13 November 1986

The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United Kingdom

Dear Bahá’í Friends,

The Six Year Plan

We welcome and approve your proposed goals for the Six Year Plan and commend all who have contributed to the consultations which produced them. We find them feasible, perceptive, and challenging to the British community, which, we have no doubt, will achieve complete victory in this new venture.

Our ardent prayers will be offered that this community, so greatly blessed by two visits of the Centre of the Covenant, will have advanced, by the eve of the Holy Year, an observable stage nearer that glorious destiny envisioned for it by the beloved Guardian, whose mortal remains, entrusted to its care, confer so inestimable a bounty upon it.

With loving Bahá’í greetings,

The Universal House of Justice

The Seat of the Universal House of Justice, Haifa. [Page 8] Peseux, 4, March 1987

Dearly loved Bahá’í Friends,

The achievements of the British Bahá’í community in the field of service to His exalted Threshold, throughout its history, have been truly magnificent and the spirit of devotion and dedication, resourcefulness and initiative displayed in the course of the prosecution of its successive Plans and enterprises, unquestionably extraordinary and indeed exemplary.

The beloved Guardian, time and again, expressed his admiration, love and respect for this community’s ‘unquenchable faith’, ‘noble and unyielding determination’, ‘stupendous effort, magnificent self-sacrifice, marvelous dedication and splendid cooperation’ demonstrated in accomplishing the work of the Cause and for the great victories achieved despite ‘smallness of number’ and ‘paucity of resources’. “The Bahá’í world, in its entirety” he wrote in 1949 referring to the first collective teaching enterprise ever undertaken by the British Bahá’í community, “is struck with amazement at the quality of the work performed, at the extent and number of the victories achieved by this community....” And during the Africa Plan, he showed his praise and admiration in words such as these:

“The Two Year Plan .... bids fair .... as it approaches its conclusion, to eclipse .... the exploits of that community in the course of the first collective enterprise undertaken in the British Bahá’í history .... by their utter consecration and their complete reliance on the One Who watches over their destiny, they have set an example worthy of emulation by the members of Bahá’í communities in both the East and the West.”

Victories won by this most dedicated, high-minded and resolute community in the Ten Year World Crusade have been no less significant, and since 1963 under the loving directions of the Universal House of Justice, its progress has been remarkable. The rapid expansion in the teaching work, the substantial measure of internal administrative consolidation, the marked increase in the number of local communities are but a few examples of such achievements and progress. However, the greatest success of this ‘favoured community’ in recent years, has been as attested by the Supreme Body and stated in their Ridvan message of 1984:

“...... in bringing before the public .... not only the plight of our persecuted and martyred brethren in Iran but, to an unprecedented degree, the aims and purposes of Bahá’u’lláh’s Faith; voices have been raised on our behalf for the first time from the floor of the House of Lords and the House of Commons; through all channels of the media .... the name Bahá’í and what it stands for has been trumpeted as never before .... surely such achievements have brought joy to the beloved Master and the Guardian.”

Indeed, due to the emergence of the faith from obscurity promoted by ‘steadfast heroism of the renowned, the indefatigable, dearly loved Bahá’í community of Bahá’u’lláh and the Báb’s native land’, on the one hand, and the dramatic change in the status of the Faith, the organic growth and [Page 9] maturity of the Cause of God, on the other, the Universal House of Justice were moved to announce to the Bahá’ís of the world in their letter of 2 January 1986, the inception of the fourth epoch of the Formative Age. In that same letter, they delineated the main features and the method of formulation of the Six Year Plan which has now inaugurated this most challenging phase in the development of the Administrative Order.

We pray and hope that this community whose country has been blessed by the twice-repeated visit of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the Master, and later by the ‎interrment interment‎ of the precious remains of Shoghi Effendi, the beloved Guardian; ‘alive to its capacity, conscious of its high responsibility, aware of the sacredness of its mission’ and armed with the power of faith, love and devotion will arise unitedly and resolutely, at this most crucial juncture in the fortunes of mankind, to ‘tear down every obstacle’, ‘open up every horizon’, and ‘win still mightier victories’ in the immediate years ahead and once again amaze the entire Bahá’í world and set such an example worthy of emulation in both the East and the West.

With loving Bahá’í greetings, CONTINENTAL BOARD OF COUNSELLORS IN EUROPE

The Mother Temple of Europe, Frankfurt, Germany, a visible symbol of the growth of the Faith. [Page 10]

MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY

22 November 1986

Dear Bahá’í Friends,

The fourth epoch of this Formative Age of our Faith, into which we were recently ushered by the Universal House of Justice, has delivered its first fruit. We are proud to share with the friends in the United Kingdom the Six Year Plan, together with a covering letter from the Supreme Body. This Plan will carry us through to 1992, the hundredth anniversary of the passing of Bahá’u’lláh.

This Plan is a sign of the ever maturing Bahá’í administrative order. The Universal House of Justice provided the basis for this Plan, and entrusted the National Assembly with the details, in consultation with the friends and drawing on the wisdom of the Continental Board of Counsellors. Our proposals are set out here having been assessed and accepted by the Supreme Body.

The believers in The United Kingdom should now arise as one to play their full part in this mighty enterprise.

The Bahá’ís in this country must achieve at least the doubling of their numbers within the time of this Plan. Hand in hand with this growth must go the strengthening of the Local Spiritual Assemblies. Firmly grounded and vigorously functioning institutions based on stable communities of twelve to fifteen adult believers must become a feature of all our Local Assemblies. This will include those outstanding goal Assemblies that are to be achieved if we are to redeem our debt, our promise made to Bahá’u’lláh during the previous Plan.

The Bahá’í institutions must become widely recognised and respected by the community at large including local government agencies and other organisations. Our aim is that such groups increasingly value and seek the advice of Bahá’í Spiritual Assemblies on matters of public concern. To this end our communities must strive to "mirror forth...the splendour of those eternal principles proclaimed by Bahá’u’lláh".

The National Spiritual Assembly looks forward with the greatest excitement and anticipation to the unfolding of a greatly-evolved national community by the end of the Plan, a community able to attract the masses as well as divine confirmations.

With loving Bahá’í greeting,

National Spiritual Assembly. [Page 11]

THE SIX YEAR PLAN

THE PLAN FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM [Page 12] --BLANK-- [Page 13]

INTRODUCTION

Inspired by the realisation of the importance of this first Plan of the Fourth Epoch of the Formative Age, the National Assembly studied all the reports of the Assemblies, Groups and Committees along with the letter from the Universal House of Justice which set out the overall objectives of the Six Year Plan. We then asked ourselves a fundamental question:

"What kind of a Bahá’í Community would we wish to see in the United Kingdom in 1992?"

This meant looking at the desirable strength of the community numerically, the spiritual health of the believers, the standard of Bahá’í Administration in the assemblies and committees, and the standing of the Faith in the eyes of the non-Bahá’í world. Successful advancement in the first three would obviously enhance the fourth and we wanted to see a community which had not only come out of obscurity but one which had gained in respect and prestige to the extent that our help would be sought, association with us would be valued, our contribution to the well being of society respected and our integrity recognised. The goals then set would be geared to achieving this objective.

This then is our Plan and these our Goals. [Page 14] --BLANK-- [Page 15]

1. Carry the Healing Message of Bahá’u’lláh to the generality of mankind.

Stimulate the organic growth and natural evolution of the Faith in the United Kingdom with the aim of strengthening and increasing the number of districts with local Assemblies and groups.

Double the number of believers by the end of the Plan. This growth should be achieved within each community and within their extension teaching goals. Special attention should be given to communities with colleges of further education where Bahá’í youth can be encouraged to assist.

The maintenance of the victories already won, the building up of the communities, and the opening of new localities form the major commitment of the United Kingdom Bahá’í community.

In addition to bringing the indigenous population into the Faith, emphasis will be put on teaching ethnic minorities and the harmonious integration of non-native believers to achieve a true example of a united but diverse community.

Increase the number of Spiritual Assemblies with extension teaching goals to 100. This is to be achieved by encouraging Assemblies to adopt their own teaching goals.

Increase the number of Assemblies with incorporated status. Those communities with 19 adults will be encouraged to seek such status.

Aspire, through this growth of the community, to become 'models', both as individuals and as Bahá’í institutions.

Encourage Bahá’í youth to bring the message of Bahá’u’lláh to the attention of their fellow youth in a systematic manner.

Increase co-operation with the Continental Pioneer Committee for Europe and develop international collaboration in the field of teaching.

Continue with vigour the distribution of further copies of "The Promise of World Peace" and the holding of such activities as will enhance the Bahá’í peace initiative.

Pursue the use of drama, art and music in both development projects and teaching. This will include the establishment of a Bahá’í choir.

Increase our awareness of the value of public relations in every Bahá’í event, e.g. the dedication of the mother Temple of India and the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the visits of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to these shores.

Continue the current efforts aimed at including the Bahá’í Faith in school curricula.

Celebrate and commemorate suitably the 75th anniversary of the visits of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to these islands.

Celebrate in 1988 the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the first Spiritual Assemblies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. [Page 16] 2. Greater involvement of the Faith in the life of human society.

Adopt various development projects, both locally and nationally, relevant to such issues as racism, drug abuse, violence and crime, unemployment, agriculture, nuclear issues and others. Bahá’í institutions will act as facilitators, nationally where relevant and locally where feasible. The friends should be encouraged to gain expertise in these areas and to offer this and their talent for consultation. In addition, create special projects in the field of development, devised to involve the Bahá’í community with the relevant non-Bahá’í organisations. This should be achieved by an effective balance between our Bahá’í activities, domestic responsibilities, and our contact with other organisations.

Pursue the goal of establishing local peace councils where none exist as a step towards ushering in the Lesser Peace.

Demonstrate Bahá’í consultation in action, which will improve the contribution of the friends to their society as well as the Bahá’í institutions on which they serve.

Encourage each community to nominate at least one representative to serve on its local United Nations Association.

Increase the number of competent Bahá’í speakers from different fields and backgrounds who can be offered to other organisations.

Select one major area of concern for special attention by the community at large and seek the skills and ideas of individuals in order to make a valuable contribution to society at large.

3. A worldwide increase in the translation, production, distribution, and use of Bahá’í literature.

Increase the number of regional book agencies and establish, where possible, Bahá’í reading rooms and lending libraries, especially in areas with local Bahá’í centres.

Pursue the possibility of joint publication with other National Spiritual Assemblies.

Encourage a wider and more imaginative use of Bahá’í scripture, with greater emphasis on the production and distribution of free literature to assist the process of proclamation, expansion and consolidation.

Explore the possibilities of producing a high quality publication on the Faith, through a well-known publisher, for sale in trade bookshops. Continue to seek ways to increase the number and volume of Bahá’í publications available through bookshops.

Provide more literature that would be of interest to non-Bahá’ís and establish a second sales outlet for Bahá’í books in London.

Produce greater supplies of Bahá’í literature in accordance with well-thought out [Page 17] The Bahá’í Publishing Trust warehouse in Ketton, near Oakham, Leics.

plans of translation, production, and distribution.

Produce or make available basic Bahá’í literature in styles and formats suitable for the majority of the reading population of the U.K.

Improve the quality and range of Bahá’í educational materials especially children’s literature.

Host an international Bahá’í publishers’ conference in 1987 to promote the international production, distribution and use of Bahá’í literature.

Make available at least one correspondence course about the Faith.

4. Further acceleration in the process of the maturation of local and national Bahá’í communities.

Pursue a systematic plan of deepening newly-enrolled believers. Special emphasis should be put on the consequences of the emergence of the Faith from obscurity by careful study of the Covenant in all its aspects. [Page 18] In this regard, special attention should be given to the study of The Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh throughout the Plan as a means of educating the community to respond to any form of opposition.

Conduct deepening courses for officers of Spiritual Assemblies, which will also be open to other believers, to train those officers and improve the efficacy of Bahá’í institutions.

Utilise the expertise and knowledge gained by particular local Assemblies in various fields in a programme of inter-assembly co-operation with a view to helping the maturation of Bahá’í institutions.

Continue both nationally and locally the mutually beneficial process of delegation of work to individual believers by Assemblies. This step will improve the consultative skills of these bodies.

Provide guidance for couples intending marriage in the form of a compilation or booklet which can be presented as a gift by local Assemblies to engaged couples. This will be an important part of a programme aimed at enrichment of the quality of Bahá’í marriage.

Encourage local deepening classes that give attention to the study of Shoghi Effendi’s guidance on rectitude of conduct as outlined in the Advent of Divine Justice.

Prepare the believers for the eventual introduction of the law of Huqúqu’lláh.

Assist local Assemblies in their efforts to resolve problems within their communities, particularly with regard to obedience to Bahá’í laws.

Encourage local Assemblies to adopt annual budgets.

Conduct training courses for Local Spiritual Assemblies to include such issues as their pastoral care and other responsibilities and to extend their use of the Regional Advisory Committees.

Instil a common knowledge of the Faith in the believers.

Continue the process of establishing regional schools for the Bahá’í education of children. This is to be combined with teacher training as an interim step towards the eventual provision of such schools in most Assembly areas.

Further develop the use of local Hazíratu’l-Quds as regional centres during the second half of the Plan.

Acquire a local Hazíratu’l-Quds in the south-west of England.

5. Greater emphasis to universal participation and the spiritual enrichment of individual believers.

Encourage local Assemblies to hold dawn prayers for their communities and foster a devotional attitude. [Page 19] Seek ways to encourage at least 2,000 individual believers to contribute regularly to the National Fund. This figure is to be increased as the community grows. The aim is to achieve universal participation.

6. A wider extension of Bahá’í education to children and youth, and the strengthening of Bahá’í family life.

Encourage the holding of family weeks and weekends particularly aimed at fulfilling the needs of Bahá’í families.

Organise both nationally and locally seminars on the principle of the equality of the sexes and related subjects such as family life and the gift of children.

Pay special attention to devising suitable sessions for parents accompanying children at their classes, aimed primarily at enhancing knowledge of the principles governing Bahá’í family life.

Encourage local Assemblies to sponsor Bahá’í youth and children to attend summer schools.

Encourage individuals and institutions to sponsor children resident at Bahá’í schools abroad, such as the New Era and Rabbani schools.

Children’s class at the National Teaching Conference, Buxton, 1986. The Six Year Plan must see further building on the foundations already laid in education. [Page 20] 7. The pursuit of projects of social and economic development in well-established Bahá’í communities.

Recognise that the first level of social and economic development should be taken within the local Bahá’í community.

Plan major social and economic development projects based upon sustainable and well-established foundations in Assembly areas with sufficient resources.

Special emphasis should be given to service projects. Such projects should be initiated and launched from summer schools.

Encourage Bahá’í families to offer a stable home, where possible, for children in need, for example as guardians or foster parents.

Explore the possibility of initiating a Bahá’í role in counselling (e.g. family life, bereavement, etc.)

Prepare and continually update a list of Bahá’í experts who could make contributions in this field.

Stress that the primary motivation of all these goals must be service to God through our service to humanity.

Clare Gung (front row, centre), the first UK pioneer to Africa, leaves the United Kingdom in January 1951. The Guardian gave her the title ‘The Mother of Africa’ in recognition of her services to the Faith. [Page 21]

We are to receive the following international assistance:	Sending NSA
* Encourage border teaching	Ireland
* Encourage cross channel teaching	France
* Further encourage North Sea Border teaching	Belgium Denmark Netherlands Norway
* Provide travelling teachers	Ireland

Ridvan 1987 - Ridvan 1989

Number of Pioneers	Receiving Assembly
2	Bahamas
2	Belize
2	Bermuda
2	Cape Verde
2	Ciskei
6	Cyprus
2	The Gambia
1	Ghana
2	Hong Kong
2	India
6	Ireland
2	Italy for Malta
2	Lesotho
2	Madagascar
2	Malawi
3	Nigeria
2	Pakistan
1	Seychelles
2	Sri Lanka
2	Suriname
1	Thailand
2	Transkei
2	Turkey
2	Uganda
2	Virgin Islands for British Virgin Islands
56	Total Pioneers from the U.K.

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8. Goals for international assistance.

Achieve the overseas goals.

Following are the international collaboration goals for the Plan, based on our own considerations and on the consultations of the Universal House of Justice and the International Teaching Centre.

The goals are devised not only to achieve objectives, but to encourage mutual cooperation and sharing of ideas between National Spiritual Assemblies, processes which will strengthen the unity of the Bahá’í world community and enable it to present to mankind the pattern of a truly organic, universal, diversified but united society.

We are to provide the following international assistance	Receiving NSA
* Travelling teachers	Ireland Kenya Sierra Leone
* Travelling teachers skilled in training teachers for children's classes	Denmark
* A resident teacher	Malawi
* Develop and share materials for institute courses	Ghana
* Encourage border teaching	Ireland
* Further encourage North Sea Border Conferences	Belgium Denmark Netherlands Norway
* Encourage cross channel teaching	France
* Contribute towards the acquisition of a mobile institute for deepening	Jamaica
* Contribute towards the acquisition of office equipment for the National Centre	Ghana
* Assist NSA Germany with its East European goals.*	Germany

• For further information on these goals please contact the secretary of the United Kingdom International Goals Committee

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OVERSEAS GOALS. PIONEERS

Location	Number of Pioneers
Ireland	6
Malta	2
Bermuda	2
Cape Verde	2
Bahamas	2
British Virgin Islands	2
Belize	2
The Gambia	2
Suriname	2
Ghana	1
Nigeria	3
Turkey	2
Cyprus	6
Pakistan	2
India	2
Uganda	2
Sri Lanka	2
Seychelles	1
Malawi	2
Madagascar	2
Lesotho	2
Ciskei	2
Transkei	2
Hong Kong	2
Thailand	1
Total Pioneers from the UK	56

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Education of Bahá’í children

Among the goals the Six Year Plan ‎goals ‎ for collaboration between national communities, are those concerned with the Bahá’í education of our children. The goals set out in the following lines are of three kinds:

• goals for systematic teacher training,
• for the preparation of lesson plans for all age groups, and
• for the creation of teaching materials to support the educational process.

The group of national communities summoned to this vital and long overdue programme of collaboration are those who are already known to be advanced in providing systematic child education ......

We are to provide the following international assistance:	Receiving NSA
* Develop and exchange materials and methods for the Bahá’í education of children in English	India South Africa
* Materials for the Bahá’í education of children	Cyprus The Gambia Ireland

A Bahá’í school in Africa. One of the goals of the Six Year Plan is to develop Bahá’í education in both the United Kingdom and the third world. [Page 25]

PHASING OF GOALS OF THE SIX YEAR PLAN

The Universal House of Justice has approved the suggestion of the National Spiritual Assembly to have three phases. The first of one year (1986-1987), the second of two years (1987-1989), and the third of three years (1989-1992). Details are given in section six of this booklet (refer to the Six Year Plan Objectives and Responsibilities).

The achievement of the time phased goals of the Six Year Plan depend not only on the degree to which each individual Bahá’í accepts direct personal responsibility for those things which fall within his or her control, but, moreover, the extent to which he or she responds to the Guardian’s oft repeated plea that we adopt a disciplined and systematic approach to the work of bringing the Cause to body of humanity. It is the National Spiritual Assembly’s hope that the friends will find the attached Six Year Plan materials, analysing and identifying as they do the various and diverse responsibilities entrusted to us, of great practical use in the development and execution of their own individual and community plans.

THE TEACHING REGIONS

The old areas designated by the National Spiritual Assembly used both for the co-ordination of teaching activities and as electoral areas for area conventions are no longer used. The Universal House of Justice has standardised electoral practice throughout the Bahá’í world by requesting National Assemblies to provide so far as possible for each delegate to be elected by a roughly equal number of adult voters and each unit to elect only one delegate. At present the House of Justice allocates 95 delegates to the United Kingdom; however this may change during the Plan. Even if the number of delegates does not change, with a shifting Bahá’í population, the unit boundaries will need to be revised, probably every year. It is not wise therefore to use these temporary groupings of communities into units for anything other than electoral purposes.

For teaching purposes the National Spiritual Assembly has divided the United Kingdom into nine regions as shown on the following maps. The first is allocated to the Northern Ireland Teaching Committee and the remaining eight to Regional Teaching Committees under the National Teaching Committee. Each of these regions contains a complete number of counties (or in Scotland districts). It is the policy of the National Assembly to encourage the friends to identify with their county or district and to gather together and vie with one another on this basis for teaching and other purposes. Reference in the goals to a ‘regional’ school is merely a reference to a school serving an area larger than the jurisdiction of one local Spiritual Assembly - it does not denote that the ‎ chool school‎ is intended to serve a teaching region.

With loving greetings, The National Spiritual Assembly. [Page 26]

TEACHING REGIONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

1 NORTHERN IRELAND 2 SCOTLAND 3 WALES 4 NORTHERN ENGLAND 5 CENTRAL ENGLAND 6 EASTERN ENGLAND 7 LONDON 8 SOUTH EAST ENGLAND 9 SOUTH WEST ENGLAND [Page 27]

REGION 1. NORTHERN IRELAND

CONSISTING OF ALL DISTRICTS IN NORTHERN IRELAND: 1 ANTRIM 2 ARMAGH 3 ARDS 4 BALLYMENA 5 BALLYMONEY 6 BANBRIDGE 7 BELFAST 8 CARRICKFERGUS 9 CASTLEREAGH 10 COLERAINE 11 COOKSTOWN 12 CRAIGAVON 13 DOWN 14 DUNGANNON 15 FERMANAGH 16 LARNE 17 ‎LIMAVADDY LIMAVADY‎ 18 LISBURN 19 LONDONDERRY 20 MAGHERAFELT 21 MOYLE 22 NEWRY & MOURNE 23 NEWTOWNABBEY 24 NORTH DOWN 25 OMAGH 26 STRABANE

Reproduced by permission of Geographers’ A-Z Map Co. Ltd. Based on Ordnance Survey maps with permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. [Page 28]

REGION 2. SCOTLAND

CONSISTING OF ALL REGIONS IN SCOTLAND:

1 BORDERS 2 CENTRAL 3 DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY 4 FIFE 5 GRAMPIAN 6 HIGHLAND 7 LOTHIAN 8 ORKNEY 9 SHETLAND 10 STRATHCLYDE 11 TAYSIDE 12 WESTERN ISLES

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REGION 3. WALES

CONSISTING OF ALL COUNTIES IN WALES: 1 CLWYD 2 DYFED 3 GWENT 4 GWYNEDD 5 MID GLAMORGAN 6 POWYS 7 SOUTH GLAMORGAN 8 WEST GLAMORGAN

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REGION 4. NORTHERN ENGLAND

CONSISTING OF THE COUNTIES OF:

1 CHESHIRE 2 CLEVELAND 3 CUMBRIA 4 DURHAM 5 GREATER MANCHESTER 6 HUMBERSIDE 7 ISLE OF MAN 8 LANCASHIRE 9 MERSEYSIDE 10 NORTHUMBERLAND 11 NORTH YORKSHIRE 12 SOUTH YORKSHIRE 13 TYNE & WEAR 14 WEST YORKSHIRE

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REGION 5. CENTRAL ENGLAND

CONSISTING OF THE COUNTIES OF:

1 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 2 DERBYSHIRE 3 GLOUCESTERSHIRE 4 HEREFORD & WORCESTER 5 LEICESTERSHIRE 6 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 7 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 8 OXFORDSHIRE 9 SHROPSHIRE 10 STAFFORDSHIRE 11 WARWICKSHIRE 12 WEST MIDLANDS

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REGION 6. EASTERN ENGLAND

CONSISTING OF THE COUNTIES OF:

1 BEDFORDSHIRE 2 CAMBRIDGESHIRE 3 ESSEX 4 HERTFORDSHIRE 5 LINCOLNSHIRE 6 NORFOLK 7 SUFFOLK

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REGION 7. LONDON

CONSISTING OF ALL LONDON BOROUGHS:

1 BARKING	18 HILLINGDON
2 BARNET	19 HOUNSLOW
3 BEXLEY	20 ISLINGTON
4 BRENT	21 KENSINGTON & CHELSEA
5 BROMLEY	22 KINGSTON UPON THAMES
6 CAMDEN	23 LAMBETH
7 CITY OF LONDON	24 LEWISHAM
8 CITY OF WESTMINSTER	25 MERTON
9 CROYDON	26 NEWHAM
10 EALING	27 REDBRIDGE
11 ENFIELD	28 RICHMOND UPON THAMES
12 GREENWICH	29 SOUTHWARK
13 HACKNEY	30 SUTTON
14 HAMMERSMITH	31 TOWER HAMLETS
15 HARINGEY	32 WALTHAM FOREST
16 HARROW	33 WANDSWORTH
17 HAVERING

GREATER LONDON

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REGION 8. SOUTH EAST ENGLAND

CONSISTING OF THE COUNTIES OF:

1 BERKSHIRE 2 EAST SUSSEX 3 GUERNSEY & ALDERNEY 4 HAMPSHIRE 5 ISLE OF WIGHT 6 JERSEY 7 KENT 8 SARK 9 SURREY 10 WEST SUSSEX

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REGION 9. SOUTH WEST ENGLAND

CONSISTING OF THE COUNTIES OF:

1. AVON
2. CORNWALL
3. DEVON
4. DORSET
5. ISLES OF SCILLY
6. SOMERSET
7. WILTSHIRE

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ANALYSIS OF OBJECTIVES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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1. Carry the Healing Message of Bahá’u’lláh to the generality of mankind.

1.1 Stimulate the organic growth and natural evolution of the Faith in the United Kingdom with the aim of strengthening and increasing the number of districts with local Assemblies and groups.

ACTIVITIES:-

Proclamation - Extension Areas

Expansion - Personal Teaching

- Extension Teaching

Consolidation

Homefront Pioneering

Homefront Travel Teaching

RESPONSIBILITY:-

Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with

Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants.

Each Individual Bahá’í

SUPPORTED BY:-

N.T.C. /Regional Teaching Committee

Northern Ireland Teaching Committee

Bahá’ís of London, 1913. [Page 40] 1.2 Double the number of believers by the end of the Plan¹. This growth should be achieved within each community and within their extension teaching goals. Special attention should be given to communities with colleges where Bahá’í youth can be encouraged to assist.

ACTIVITIES:-

• Expansion - Personal Teaching
• - Extension Teaching
• Travel Teaching
• Living the Bahá’í Life

RESPONSIBILITY:-

• Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants.
• Bahá’í Societies
• Bahá’í Youth
• Each Individual Bahá’í

SUPPORTED BY:-

• N.T.C. /Regional Teaching Committee
• Northern Ireland Teaching Committee
• National Youth Committee

1.3 The maintenance of the victories already won², the building up of the communities, and the opening of localities³ form the major commitment of the United Kingdom Bahá’í community.

ACTIVITIES:-

• Consolidation
• Proclamation
• Expansion - Personal Teaching / Extension Teaching
• Homefront Pioneering
• Homefront Travel Teaching

RESPONSIBILITY:-

• Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants.
• Bahá’í Youth
• Each Individual Bahá’í

SUPPORTED BY:-

• N.T.C. /Regional Teaching Committee
• Northern Ireland Teaching Committee
• Bahá’í Education Committee
• National Youth Committee

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¹ Increase the number of believers by 40% by the end of Phase II

² For a complete listing of Local Spiritual Assemblies formed as at the eve of Ridvan 1986, see Appendix I, page 101

³ Open all districts by the end of Phase II [Page 41] 1.4 In addition to bringing the indigenous population into the Faith, emphasis will be put on teaching ethnic minorities and the harmonious integration of non-native believers to achieve a true example of a united but diverse community.

ACTIVITIES:-

Proclamation

Expansion - Personal Teaching

- Extension Teaching

Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:-

Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants.

Bahá’í Societies

Each Individual Bahá’í

SUPPORTED BY:-

N.T.C. / Regional Teaching Committee

N.T.C. / Chinese Teaching Department

N.T.C. / Africa W. Indian Teaching Department

Northern Ireland Teaching Committee

National Youth Committee

Persian Integration Committee

1.5 Increase the number of Spiritual Assemblies with extension teaching goals to 100. This is to be achieved by encouraging Assemblies to adopt their own teaching goals.

ACTIVITIES:-

Expansion - Personal Teaching

- Extension Teaching

RESPONSIBILITY:-

Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants.

SUPPORTED BY:-

N.T.C. / Regional Teaching Committee

Northern Ireland Teaching Committee

1.6 Increase the number of Assemblies with incorporated status. Those communities with 19 adults will be encouraged to seek such status.

ACTIVITIES:-

Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:-

Local Spiritual Assemblies in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants.

SUPPORTED BY:-

NSA - Incorporation Officer

[Page 42] 1.7 Aspire, through this growth of the community, to become 'models'¹ , both as individuals and as Bahá’í institutions.

ACTIVITIES:- Living the Bahá’í life! (especially Bahá’í community life) Consolidation (develop the art of Bahá’í consultation)

RESPONSIBILITY:- Each Individual Bahá’í Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants.

SUPPORTED BY:- N.T.C. /Regional Teaching Committee Bahá’í Education Committee Northern Ireland Teaching Committee National Youth Committee Persian Integration Committee

Bahá’í youth travel teaching team with local Bahá’ís in Grimsby, 1986.

¹ "If the Bahá’í experience can contribute in whatever measure to reinforcing hope in the unity of the human race, we are happy to offer it as a model for study." The Promise of World Peace, page 24. [Page 43] 1.8 Encourage Bahá’í youth to bring the message of Bahá’u’lláh to the attention of their fellow youth in a systematic manner.

ACTIVITIES:- Living the Bahá’í life Proclamation Expansion - Personal Teaching - Extension Teaching

RESPONSIBILITY:- Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants. National Youth Committee Bahá’í Societies

SUPPORTED BY:- N.T.C. /Regional Teaching Committee Northern Ireland Teaching Committee Bahá’í Schools Committee

1.9 Increase co-operation with the Continental Pioneer Committee for Europe and develop international collaboration in the field of teaching.

ACTIVITIES:- International Co-operation Overseas Pioneering International Travel Teaching Local Spiritual Assembly Twinning

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with the Continental Board of Counsellors Each Individual Bahá’í

SUPPORTED BY:- International Goals Committee Border Conferences Committee N.T.C. /Regional Teaching Committee Northern Ireland Teaching Committee

1.10 Continue with vigour the distribution of further copies of "The Promise of World Peace" and the holding of such activities as will enhance the Bahá’í peace initiative.

ACTIVITIES:- Peace Teaching Service Teaching

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with the Continental Board of Counsellors Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants. Bahá’í Societies Each Individual Bahá’í

SUPPORTED BY:- Bahá’í Information Offices (United Kingdom) [Page 44] Presentation of 'The Promise of World Peace' to the Mayor of Braintree, Essex, 1986. The distribution of 'The Promise of World Peace' must continue on an increased scale.

1.11 Pursue the use of drama, art and music in both development projects and teaching. This will include the establishment of a Bahá’í choir¹.

ACTIVITIES:-	Proclamation
	Expansion - Personal Teaching
	- Extension Teaching
	Development Projects

RESPONSIBILITY:-	National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with
	the Continental Board of Counsellors
	Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with
	Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants.
	Each Individual Bahá’í

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¹ Phase II goal. [Page 45] SUPPORTED BY:- Social & Economic Development Committee N.T.C. /Regional Teaching Committee Northern Ireland Teaching Committee National Youth Committee

1.12 Increase our awareness of the value of public relations in every Bahá’í event, e.g. the dedication of the mother Temple of India and the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the visits of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to these shores.

ACTIVITIES:- Proclamation Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with the Continental Board of Counsellors Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants.

SUPPORTED BY:- Bahá’í Information Offices (United Kingdom) N.T.C. /Regional Teaching Committee Northern Ireland Teaching Committee Each Individual Bahá’í

An exhibition to publicise the House of Worship in New Delhi, India. [Page 46] 1.13 Continue the current efforts aimed at including the Bahá’í Faith in school curricula.

ACTIVITIES:- Education Service Project

RESPONSIBILITY:- N.T.C./Religious Education Department

SUPPORTED BY:- Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants. N.T.C. /Regional Teaching Committee Northern Ireland Teaching Committee

1.14 Celebrate and commemorate suitably the 75th anniversary ¹ of the visits of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to these islands.

ACTIVITIES:- Proclamation Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with the Continental Board of Counsellors

SUPPORTED BY:- Special Ad-hoc Committee National Teaching Committee Bahá’í Information Offices (United Kingdom)

Edinburgh, in 1948, the first Spiritual Assembly to be formed in Scotland.

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¹ Phase I prepare, Phase II implement [Page 47] 1.15 Celebrate in 1988 the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the first Spiritual Assemblies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland¹.

ACTIVITIES:-

Proclamation

Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:-

National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with the Continental Board of Counsellors

SUPPORTED BY:-

Selected Local Spiritual Assemblies; in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants

N.T.C. |Regional Teaching Committee

Northern Ireland Teaching Committee

Bahá’í Information Offices (United Kingdom)

2. Greater involvement of the Faith in the life of human society.

2.1 Adopt various development projects, both locally and nationally, relevant to such issues as racism, drug abuse, violence and crime, unemployment, agriculture, nuclear issues and others. Bahá’í institutions will act as facilitators, nationally where relevant and locally where feasible. The friends should be encouraged to gain expertise in these areas and to offer this and their talent for consultation. In addition, create special projects in the field of development, devised to involve the Bahá’í community with the relevant non-Bahá’í organisations. This should be achieved by an effective balance between our Bahá’í activities, domestic responsibilities, and our contact with other organisations.

ACTIVITIES:-

Development Projects

Service

Training

RESPONSIBILITY:-

Social & Economic Development Committee (national level)

Individual Believers (local level)

Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants (local level)

SUPPORTED BY:-

Social & Economic Development Committee (local level)

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¹ Phase I prepare, Phase II implement [Page 48] 2.2 Pursue the goal of establishing local peace councils where none exist as a step towards ushering in the Lesser Peace.

ACTIVITIES:- Service

RESPONSIBILITY:- Each Individual Bahá’í

Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants.

SUPPORTED BY:- Bahá’í Information Offices (United Kingdom)

2.3 Demonstrate Bahá’í consultation in action, which will improve the contribution of the friends to their society as well as the Bahá’í institutions on which they serve.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

Development and Service Projects

RESPONSIBILITY:- Each Individual Bahá’í

Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants.

National Youth Committee - Bahá’í Societies

SUPPORTED BY:- Bahá’í Education Committee

2.4 Encourage each community to nominate at least one representative to serve on its local United Nations Association¹.

ACTIVITIES:- Service

RESPONSIBILITY:- ‎Spiritua! Spiritual‎ Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants.

SUPPORTED BY:- Bahá’í Information Offices (United Kingdom)

2.5 Increase the number of competent Bahá’í speakers from different fields and backgrounds who can be offered to other organisations.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

Proclamation

Service

RESPONSIBILITY:- Bahá’í Education Committee

Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants.

Each Individual Bahá’í

SUPPORTED BY:- Bahá’í Information Offices (United Kingdom)

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¹ Phase II goal [Page 49] 2.6 Select one major area of concern for special attention by the community at large and seek the skills and ideas of individuals in order to make a valuable contribution to society at large.

ACTIVITIES:- Service

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with the Continental Board of Counsellors Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants. Each Individual Bahá’í

SUPPORTED BY:- Each Individual Bahá’í Social & Economic Development Committee

3. A worldwide increase in the translation, production, distribution, and use of Bahá’í literature.

3.1 Increase the number of regional book agencies¹ and establish, where possible, Bahá’í reading rooms and lending libraries, especially in areas with local Bahá’í centres.

ACTIVITIES:- Proclamation Consolidation Service Publishing

RESPONSIBILITY:- Selected Local Spiritual Assemblies Bahá’í Publishing Trust

SUPPORTED BY:- Each individual Bahá’í

3.2 Pursue the possibility of joint publication with other National Spiritual Assemblies.

ACTIVITIES:- Publishing

RESPONSIBILITY:- Bahá’í Publishing Trust National Spiritual Assembly

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¹ Phase II goal [Page 50] 3.3 Encourage a wider and more imaginative use of Bahá’í scripture, with greater emphasis on the production and distribution of free literature to assist the process of proclamation, expansion and consolidation.

ACTIVITIES:- Proclamation, expansion and consolidation Publishing

RESPONSIBILITY:- Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants. Bahá’í Education Committee Bahá’í Publishing Trust Audio Visual Committee

SUPPORTED BY:- N.T.C. /Regional Teaching Committee Northern Ireland Teaching Committee

The Bahá’í Publishing Trust stand at an international book fair held at the Barbican, London, 1985. [Page 51] 3.4 Explore the possibilities of producing a high quality publication on the Faith, through a well-known publisher, for sale in trade bookshops. Continue to seek ways to increase the number and volume of Bahá’í publications available through bookshops.

ACTIVITIES:- Publishing

Proclamation

RESPONSIBILITY:- Bahá’í Publishing Trust

SUPPORTED BY:- Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with

Auxiliary Board Members or their Assistants.

Each Individual Bahá’í

3.5 Provide more literature that would be of interest to non-Bahá’ís and establish a second sales outlet¹ for ‎Bahá’í’s Bahá’í‎ books in London.

ACTIVITIES:- Publishing

Proclamation

RESPONSIBILITY:- Bahá’í Publishing Trust

SUPPORTED BY:- Local Spiritual Assemblies in the London Area

Individual Believers

3.6 Produce greater supplies of Bahá’í literature in accordance with well-thought out plans of translation, production, and distribution.

ACTIVITIES:- Publishing

Proclamation

Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- Bahá’í Publishing Trust

3.7 Produce or make available basic Bahá’í literature in styles and formats suitable for the majority of the reading population of the U.K.

ACTIVITIES:- Publishing

Proclamation

Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- Bahá’í Publishing Trust

SUPPORTED BY:- All other National Committees as may be appropriate.

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¹ Phase II goal [Page 52] 3.8 Improve the quality and range of Bahá’í educational materials especially children’s literature.

ACTIVITIES:- Publishing Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- Bahá’í Publishing Trust Bahá’í Education Committee

SUPPORTED BY:- Individual authors

3.9 Host an international Bahá’í publishers’ conference in 1987¹ to promote the international production, distribution and use of Bahá’í literature.

ACTIVITIES:- Publishing Proclamation

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with the Continental Board of Counsellors Bahá’í Publishing Trust

SUPPORTED BY:- Bahá’í Information Offices (United Kingdom)

3.10 Make available at least one correspondence course about the Faith².

ACTIVITIES:- Expansion Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- Bahá’í Education Committee

SUPPORTED BY:- Local Spiritual Assemblies in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants

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¹ Phase II goal.

² Phase II goal [Page 53] 4. Further acceleration in the process of the maturation of local and national Bahá’í communities.

4.1 Pursue a systematic plan of deepening newly-enrolled believers. Special emphasis should be put on the consequences of the emergence of the Faith from obscurity by careful study of the Covenant in all its aspects.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with

the Continental Board of Counsellors

Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with

Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants

SUPPORTED BY:- Bahá’í Education Committee Bahá’í Schools Committee Each Individual Bahá’í

4.2 In this regard, special attention should be given to the study of The Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh throughout the Plan as a means of educating the community to respond to any form of opposition.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with

the Continental Board of Counsellors

Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with

Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants

Each Individual Bahá’í

SUPPORTED BY:- Bahá’í Education Committee Bahá’í Schools Committee

4.3 Conduct deepening courses for officers of Spiritual Assemblies, which will also be open to other believers, to train those officers and improve the efficacy of Bahá’í institutions.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- N.T.C. /Regional Teaching Committee Northern Ireland Teaching Committee

SUPPORTED BY:- Local Spiritual Assemblies in consultation with

Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants

Each Individual Bahá’í [Page 54] 4.4 Utilise the expertise and knowledge gained by particular local Assemblies in various fields in a programme of inter-assembly co-operation with a view to helping the maturation of Bahá’í institutions.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- N.T.C. /Regional Teaching Committee Northern Ireland Teaching Committee

SUPPORTED BY:- Bahá’í Education Committee Social and Economic Development Committee National Youth Committee Bahá’í Schools Committee Local Spiritual Assemblies in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants

4.5 Continue both nationally and locally the mutually beneficial process of delegation of work to individual believers by Assemblies. This step will improve the consultative skills of these bodies.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with the Continental Board of Counsellors Local Spiritual Assemblies in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants

SUPPORTED BY:- Each Individual Bahá’í

4.6 Provide guidance for couples intending marriage in the form of a compilation or booklet which can be presented as a gift by local Assemblies to engaged couples¹. This will be an important part of a programme aimed at enrichment of the quality of Bahá’í marriage.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation Service

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with the Continental Board of Counsellors Local Spiritual Assemblies in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants Bahá’í Education Committee

SUPPORTED BY:- Bahá’í Publishing Trust

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¹ Phase II goal [Page 55] A Bahá’í wedding in Wales. Strengthening the institution of marriage is one of the Goals of the Six Year Plan.

4.7 Encourage local deepening classes that give attention to the study of Shoghi Effendi’s guidance on rectitude of conduct as outlined in the Advent of Divine Justice.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants

SUPPORTED BY:- Bahá’í Education Committee Each Individual Bahá’í

4.8 Prepare the believers for the eventual introduction of the law of Huququ’lláh.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with the Continental Board of Counsellors Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants

SUPPORTED BY:- Bahá’í Education Committee [Page 56] 4.9 Assist local Assemblies in their efforts to resolve problems within their communities, particularly with regard to obedience to Bahá’í laws.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- Regional Advisory Committee Local Spiritual Assemblies in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants

4.10 Encourage local Assemblies to adopt annual budgets.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- N.S.A. - Treasury Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants

SUPPORTED BY:- Local Spiritual Assemblies N.T.C. / Regional Teaching Committee Northern Ireland Teaching Committee

4.11 Conduct training courses for Local Spiritual Assemblies to include such issues as their pastoral care and other responsibilities and to extend their use of the Regional Advisory Committees.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants N.T.C. / Regional Teaching Committee Northern Ireland Teaching Committee both in cooperation with Bahá’í Education Committee

SUPPORTED BY:- Regional Advisory Committees Local Spiritual Assemblies

4.12 Instil a common body of knowledge of the Faith in the believers.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation - Community Development Institutes

RESPONSIBILITY:- Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants

SUPPORTED BY:- Bahá’í Education Committee Bahá’í Schools Committee Each Individual Believer

4.13 Continue the process of establishing regional schools for the Bahá’í education of children. This is to be combined with teacher training as an interim step towards the eventual provision of such schools in most Assembly areas.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- Bahá’í Education Committee

SUPPORTED BY:- Local Spiritual Assemblies in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants [Page 57] 4.14 Further develop the use of local Haziratu’l-Quds as regional centres during the second half of the Plan¹.

ACTIVITIES:-

Proclamation

Expansion - Personal Teaching

- Extension Teaching

Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:-

Bahá’í Properties Committee

Relevant Local Spiritual Assemblies in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants

SUPPORTED BY:-

Bahá’í Schools Committee

Bahá’í Education Committee (Community Development Institutes)

A youth school held at the national Haziratu’l-Quds, Rutland Gate, London, 1983.

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¹ Phase II goal [Page 58] 4.15 Acquire a local Haziratu’l-Quds in the south-west of England¹.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with the Continental Board of Counsellors

SUPPORTED BY:- Bahá’í Properties Committee Selected Local Spiritual Assemblies

5. Greater emphasis to universal participation and the spiritual enrichment of individual believers.

5.1 Encourage local Assemblies to hold dawn prayers for their communities and foster a devotional attitude.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- Local Spiritual Assemblies in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants Bahá’í Education Committee Each Individual Bahá’í

5.2 Seek ways to encourage at least 2,000 individual believers to contribute regularly to the National Fund. This figure is to be increased as the community grows. The aim is to achieve universal participation.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with the Continental Board of Counsellors Local Spiritual Assemblies in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants

SUPPORTED BY:- Each Individual Bahá’í Bahá’í Education Committee Bahá’í Schools Committee

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¹ Phase III goal [Page 59]

6. A wider extension of Bahá’í education to children and youth, and the strengthening of Bahá’í family life.

6.1 Encourage the holding of family weeks and weekends particularly aimed at fulfilling the needs of Bahá’í families.

ACTIVITIES:-	Consolidation
RESPONSIBILITY:-	Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants Bahá’í Schools Committee
SUPPORTED BY:-	Each Individual Bahá’í Bahá’í Education Committee

Family life must be given greater recognition as the very foundation of society. The mother is the first educator of the child. [Page 60] 6.2 Organise both nationally and locally seminars on the principle of the equality of the sexes and related subjects such as family life and the gift of children.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants National Women’s Committee Bahá’í Education Committee

SUPPORTED BY:- Bahá’í Schools Committee

6.3 Pay special attention to devising suitable sessions for parents accompanying children at their classes, aimed primarily at enhancing knowledge of the principles governing Bahá’í family life.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants Bahá’í Education Committee Bahá’í Schools Committee

SUPPORTED BY:- Individual Bahá’ís and their Families

6.4 Encourage local Assemblies to sponsor Bahá’í youth and children to attend summer schools.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with the Continental Board of Counsellors

SUPPORTED BY:- Local Spiritual Assemblies in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants Bahá’í Schools Committee

6.5 Encourage individuals and institutions to sponsor children resident at Bahá’í schools abroad, such as the New Era and Rabbani schools.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation Service

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with the Continental Board of Counsellors Local Spiritual Assemblies in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants

SUPPORTED BY:- Each Individual Bahá’í [Page 61]

7. The pursuit of projects of social and economic development in well-established Bahá’í communities.

7.1 Recognise that the first level of social and economic development should be taken within the local Bahá’í community.

ACTIVITIES:-

Recognition

Service

Maturation

RESPONSIBILITY:-

Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with

Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants

Each Individual Bahá’í

SUPPORTED BY:-

Social & Economic Development Committee

Bahá’í youth participating in a service project in Cumnock, Scotland, 1986. [Page 62] 7.2 Plan major social and economic development projects based upon sustainable and well-established foundations in Assembly areas with sufficient resources.

ACTIVITIES:- Service Development Projects

RESPONSIBILITY:- Local Spiritual Assemblies in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants Social and Economic Development Committee

SUPPORTED BY:- Each Individual Bahá’í

7.3 Special emphasis should be given to service projects. Such projects should be initiated and launched from summer schools.

ACTIVITIES:- Service Development Projects

RESPONSIBILITY:- Each Individual Bahá’í Social and Economic Development Committee Bahá’í Schools Committee

SUPPORTED BY:- Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants National Youth Committee

7.4 Encourage Bahá’í families to offer a stable home, where possible, for children in need, for example as guardians or foster parents.

ACTIVITIES:- Service

RESPONSIBILITY:- Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants Bahá’í Families

SUPPORTED BY:- Social and Economic Development Committee Bahá’í Advisory Service

7.5 Explore the possibility of initiating a Bahá’í role in counselling (e.g. family life, bereavement, etc.)

ACTIVITIES:- Service Consolidation Development Projects (Social)

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with the Continental Board of Counsellors

SUPPORTED BY:- Regional Advisory Committees Selected Individual Bahá’ís [Page 63] 7.6 Prepare and continually update a list of Bahá’í experts who could make contributions in this field.

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation Administration

RESPONSIBILITY:- Regional Advisory Committees

SUPPORTED BY:- N.S.A. - National Office Auxiliary Board Members & Assistants - exchange of information Social & Economic Development Committee

7.7 Stress that the primary motivation of all these goals must be service to God through our service to humanity.

ACTIVITIES:- Service

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly in consultation with the Continental Board of Counsellors Local Spiritual Assemblies & Groups in consultation with Auxiliary Board Members and their Assistants Each Individual Bahá’í

A Bahá’í bus poster in Newham, London. It was commissioned by the local council as part of an anti-racism campaign. Bahá’ís can serve their communities, and the Faith, by emphasising the Teachings as well as by cleaning up rivers or helping in hospitals. [Page 64]

8. Goals for international assistance.

8.1 Achieve the overseas goals.

ACTIVITIES:- Overseas Pioneering International Travel Teaching

RESPONSIBILITY:- International Goals Committee Each Individual Bahá’í

8.2 Provide travelling teachers (Ireland, Kenya, and Sierra Leone)

ACTIVITIES:- Travel Teaching

RESPONSIBILITY:- International Goals Committee Each Individual Bahá’í

SUPPORTED BY:- National Teaching Committee

8.3 Provide travelling teachers skilled in training teachers for children's classes

ACTIVITIES:- Travel Teaching International Collaboration

RESPONSIBILITY:- International Goals Committee

SUPPORTED BY:- Bahá’í Education ‎Comrnittee Committee‎ National Teaching Committee

8.4 Provide a resident teacher (Malawi)

ACTIVITIES:- Teaching International Collaboration

RESPONSIBILITY:- International Goals Committee

SUPPORTED BY:- Bahá’í Education Committee

8.5 Develop and share materials for institute courses (Ghana)

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation International Collaboration

RESPONSIBILITY:- Bahá’í Education Committee [Page 65] 8.6 Encourage Border Teaching (to Ireland)

ACTIVITIES:- Travel Teaching International Collaboration

RESPONSIBILITY:- Northern Ireland Teaching Committee

8.7 Further encourage North Sea Border Conferences (Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway)

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation International Collaboration

RESPONSIBILITY:- Border Conferences Committee

8.8 Encourage cross-channel teaching (to France)

ACTIVITIES:- Travel teaching International Collaboration

RESPONSIBILITY:- International Goals Committee National Teaching Committee Border Conferences Committee

8.9 Contribute towards the acquisition of a mobile institute for deepening (Jamaica)

ACTIVITIES:- International Collaboration

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly

8.10 Contribute towards the acquisition of office equipment for the National Centre (Ghana)

ACTIVITIES:- International Collaboration

RESPONSIBILITY:- National Spiritual Assembly

8.11 Assist the NSA of Germany with its goals in Eastern Europe (German Democratic Republic, USSR/Russian SFSR). *

ACTIVITIES: International Collaboration

RESPONSIBILITY: International Goals Committee

• For further information on these goals please contact the secretary of the United Kingdom International Goals Committee.

[Page 66] 8.12 Encourage Border Teaching (from Ireland)

ACTIVITIES:- Travel Teaching

RESPONSIBILITY:- N. Ireland Teaching Committee

8.13 Encourage cross-channel teaching (from France)

ACTIVITIES:- Travel teaching International Collaboration

RESPONSIBILITY:- International Goals Committee Border Conferences Committee

8.14 Further encourage North Sea border teaching (from Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway)

ACTIVITIES:- Travel teaching International Collaboration

RESPONSIBILITY:- Border Conferences Committee

SUPPORTED BY:- National Teaching Committee

8.15 Provide travelling Teachers (from Ireland)

ACTIVITIES:- Travel Teaching

RESPONSIBILITY:- NSA Republic of Ireland

‎SUPFORTED SUPPORTED‎ BY:- Northern Ireland Teaching Committee

8.16 Provide Pioneers (Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cape Verde, Ciskei, Cyprus, The Gambia, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy for Malta, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Thailand, Transkei, Turkey, Uganda, Virgin Islands for British Virgin Islands)

ACTIVITIES:- Pioneering

RESPONSIBILITY:- International Goals Committee

8.17 Develop and exchange materials and methods for the Bahá’í education of children in English (India, South Africa)

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- Bahá’í Education Committee [Page 67] 8.18 Provide materials for the Bahá’í education of children (Cyprus, The Gambia, Ireland)

ACTIVITIES:- Consolidation

RESPONSIBILITY:- Bahá’í Education Committee

This group of Bahá’ís have all pioneered from the United Kingdom and settled in one country - South Africa. The United Kingdom has a long and meritorious history as a source of pioneers. [Page 68] --BLANK-- [Page 69]

INDEX OF OBJECTIVES AND TASKS TO ACHIEVE

Areas of responsibility and areas in which to assist and serve the community [Page 70] --BLANK-- [Page 71]

EACH INDIVIDUAL BAHÁ’Í

Areas of responsibility & areas to assist, serve and support the community

To assist and support the achievement of the Six Year Plan in whatever way(s) may be possible, with special attention to the role that individuals must play in securing the following objectives:-

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Plan Paragraph Number

1. Carry the healing message of Bahá’u’lláh to the generality of mankind.

Stimulate natural evolution faith aimed at strengthening and increasing numbers of believers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1

Increase the number of districts with local assemblies and groups . . . . . . . . . . 1.1

Double the number of believers, including those in extension goals by the end of the plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2

Pay special attention to the growth of the faith in communities with colleges . . 1.2

Opening new localities is a major ‎committment commitment‎ U.K. Bahá’í Community . . . . . . 1.3

Maintain victories already won . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3

The building up of the communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3

Emphasis placed on harmonious integration of non-native believers into the community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4

Special emphasis on teaching ethnic minorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4

Bring the indigenous population into the faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4

Aspire to become 'models' for outside world to see and emulate . . . . . . . . . . 1.7

increase co-operation with the Continental Pioneer Committee for Europe . . . . . 1.9

Continue ‎vigourous vigorous‎ distribution promise of world peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.10

Hold such activities as will enhance Bahá’í peace initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.10

Pursue the use of music in development projects and teaching . . . . . . . . . . . 1.11

Pursue the use of art in development projects and teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.11

Pursue the use of drama in development projects and teaching . . . . . . . . . . 1.11

Increase our awareness public relations value in every Bahá’í event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.12

2.0 Greater involvement of the Faith in the life of human society.

the believers and local Assemblies to adopt various development projects, both locally & nationally; on such issues as crime; drug abuse; racism; unemployment; violence; agriculture; nuclear issues; as well as other issues as they arise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1

gain expertise on "issues" where we might offer help to society at large. . . . . . . 2.1

involve Bahá’í community with relevant non-Bahá’í organisations . . . . . . . . . 2.1

offer talent for consultation to help solve issues concerning society . . . . . . . . 2.1

establish local peace councils where none exist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2

demonstrate Bahá’í consultation in action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 [Page 72]

EACH INDIVIDUAL BAHÁ’Í

Areas of responsibility & areas to assist, serve and support the community

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Plan Paragraph Number

improve contribution we make to society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3

improve our contribution to the Bahá’í institutions we serve . . . . . . . . . . 2.3

serve as a member of the local United Nations Association . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4

increase the number of competent Bahá’í speakers from different fields and backgrounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5

develop skills and ideas in order to make a valuable contribution to society at large . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6

3.0 A worldwide increase in the translation, production, distribution, and use of Bahá’í literature.

increase the number of regional book agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1

establish, where possible, Bahá’í reading rooms and lending libraries, especially in areas with local Bahá’í centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.1

wider more imaginative use of Bahá’í Scripture in proclamation, expansion and consolidation work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3

seek ways to increase the number and volume of Bahá’í publications available through bookshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4

produce and make available basic Bahá’í literature in forms and styles best suited to reading ability of population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.7

improve the quality and range of children’s literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8

improve the quality and range of Bahá’í educational material . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8

4.0 Further acceleration in the process of the maturation of local and national Bahá’í communities.

special emphasis study of the Covenant as to the consequences of our emergence from obscurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1

to be able to respond to any form ‎opposition of opposition‎ deepen on The Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2

attend deepening courses for officers of Local Assemblies (and others) to improve efficacy of those institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3

improve the efficacy of Bahá’í institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3

accept delegated tasks from the National Spiritual Assembly and Local Spiritual Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5

attend deepenings aimed at enrichment of the quality of Bahá’í marriage . . . . . 4.6

attend study classes on Shoghi Effendi’s guidance on "rectitude of conduct" as laid out in The Advent of Divine Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7

prepare for the introduction of the law pertaining to the Huqúqu’lláh . . . . . . . 4.8 [Page 73]

EACH INDIVIDUAL BAHÁ’Í

Areas of responsibility & areas to assist, serve and support the community

	.Plan Paragraph Number
develop a common knowledge of the Faith	4.12
5.0 Greater emphasis to universal participation and the spiritual enrichment of individual believers.
develop a devotional attitude through dawn prayers	5.1
make regular contributions to National Fund	5.2
6.0 A wider extension of Bahá’í education to children and youth, and the strengthening of Bahá’í family life.
participate in family weeks and/or family weekends aimed at fulfilling the needs of Bahá’í families	6.1
participate in local seminars on the principle of the equality of the sexes and related subjects such as family life and the gift of children	6.2
organise classes for parents ‎accompany accompanying‎ children to children’s classes aimed primarily at enhancing knowledge of principles governing Bahá’í family life	6.3
sponsor Bahá’í children resident at schools abroad, such as the New Era and Rabbani schools	6.5
7.0 The pursuit of projects of social and economic development in well-established Bahá’í communities.
pursue social & economic development projects in well-established Bahá’í communities	7.0
recognise that the first level of economic development should be taken and/or initiated within local Bahá’í communities	7.1
plan major social and economic development projects based upon sustainable and well established foundations in Assembly areas with sufficient resources	7.2
special emphasis given to service projects; to be launched from summer schools	7.3
Bahá’í families encouraged to offer a stable home, where possible, for children in need, for example as guardians or foster parents	7.4
explore the possibility of initiating a Bahá’í role in counselling (e.g., family life, ‎bereavement bereavement)‎	7.5

Service to God

stress that primary motivation of all goals must be service to God through service to humanity

7.7

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EACH INDIVIDUAL BAHÁ’Í

Areas of responsibility & areas to assist, serve and support the community

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Plan Paragraph Number

8.0 Goals for international assistance.

Achieve the overseas goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.1

Provide travelling teachers (Ireland, Kenya, and Sierra Leone). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.2

Provide Pioneers (Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cape Verde, Ciskei, Cyprus, The Gambia, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy for Malta, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Thailand, Transkei, Turkey, Uganda, Virgin Islands for British Virgin Islands) . . . . 8.16 [Page 75]

LOCAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES AT RIDVAN EVE 1986

Aberconwy Aberdeen Adur Anglesey Antrim Ards Arfon Argyll & Bute Aylesbury Vale Babergh ‎Balleymena Ballymena‎ Banff & Buchan Barnet Bath Belfast Beverley Bexley Birmingham Bolton Bournemouth Bradford Brent Brighton Bristol Broxtowe Burnley Bury Bromley Cambridge Camden Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Carrick Carrickfergus Castlereagh Ceredigion Charnwood

Chelmsford Chester Chesterfield Chichester Christchurch Colchester Coleraine Colwyn Cookstown Coventry Craigavon Crawley Croydon Dacorum Derby Doncaster Dundee Durham Ealing Eastbourne East Kilbride East Lothian Edinburgh Elmbridge Enfield Epping Forest Epsom & Ewell ‎Etterick Ettrick‎ & Lauderdale Exeter Glasgow Gravesham Greenwich Guernsey Guildford Hackney Hamilton

Hammersmith Haringey Harrow Harrogate Hastings Havering Hertsmere Hereford Hillingdon Horsham Hounslow Hove & Portslade Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Islington Kensington & Chelsea Kettering Kilmarnock Kingston-upon-Thames Kingston-upon-Hull Kirklees Lambeth Lancaster Leeds Leicester Lewes Lewisham Lincoln Lisburn Liverpool Llanelli Londonderry Luton Macclesfield

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Maidstone Manchester Medina Medway & Rochester Meirionnydd Mendip Merton ‎Middlesborough Middlesbrough‎ Mid Bedfordshire Mid Sussex Milton Keynes Mole Valley Monmouth Motherwell Mull Newbury Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newham Newport ‎Newtonabbey Newtownabbey‎ Nithsdale Northampton Northavon North Bedfordshire North Down North Herts Norwich Nottingham Nuneaton Orkney Oxford Pendle Penwith Perth & Kinross Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Restormel Radnor Reading Redbridge Reigate & Banstead

Richmond-upon-Thames Rotherham Rugby Runnymede Rutland St Helens Salford Salisbury Sefton Selby Sevenoaks Sheffield Shetland Slough Solihull Southampton South Cambridgeshire South Lakeland South Norfolk South Oxfordshire Southwark South Wight ‎Stevengae Stevenage‎ Stewartry Stockport Sutton Suffolk Coastal Swansea Taff Ely Tameside Tandridge Teignbridge Thamesdown Thanet Three Rivers Thurrock Torbay Trafford Tunbridge Wells Tynedale Vale of Glamorgan Vale of the White Horse Wakefield

Wandsworth Warwick Watford Waveney Waverley Wealden Welwyn Hatfield Western Isles West Oxfordshire Westminster Winchester Windsor and Maidenhead Woking Wokingham Woodspring Worthing Wycombe York

[Page 77]

THE SIX YEAR PLAN

THE PLAN FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM

PERSIAN TRANSLATION [Page 78] --BLANK-- [Page 79]

تعلیم اطفال بهائی

در بین هدفهائی که نقشه شش‌ساله برای همکاری فیما بین جوامع ملی در نظر گرفته مربوط به تعلیم و تربیت بهائی اطفال ماست .

اهدافی که ‎ذیلا" ذیلاً‎ درج میشود بر ۳ نوع است:

• اهداف اصولی و منظم بمنظور تربیت معلّم
• برای تهیه طرح های درسی که قابل استفاده همه دسته های همسن و سال باشد
• برای ایجاد مصالح و لوازم تعلیم بمنظور پشتیبانی و تقویت اقدامات فرهنگی .

گروهی از جوامع ملی که جهت انجام این برنامه حیاتی و بتعویق افتاده دعوت به تشريك مساعی شده عبارت از افرادی میباشد که در تامین اصولی تعلیم اطفال با سابقه و مشهورند .

ما باید كمك های بین المللی زیر را تامین نمائیم	محافل ملی دریافت کننده
توسعه و ردّ و بدل نمودن لوازم ‎دروسها دروس‎ بمنظور تعلیم بهائی اطفال به لسان انگلیسی	هندوستان آفریقای جنوبی
تهیه لوازم برای تعلیم و تربیت بهائی اطفال	قبرس گامبیا ایرلند

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انگلستان — اهداف ماوراء بحار

رضوان ۱۹۸۷ — رضوان ۱۹۸۹

محافل دریافت‌کننده	تعداد مهاجرین
بها ماس	۲
بلیز	۲
برمودا	۲
کیپ ورد	۲
سیسکی	۲
قبرس	۶
گامبیا	۲
گانا	۱
هنگ‌کنگ	۲
هندوستان	۲
ایرلند	۶
ایتالیا برای مالتا	۲
لسوتو	۲
ماداگاسکار	۲
مالاوی	۲
نیجریه	۳
پاکستان	۲
سی شلز	۱
سیرلانکا	۲
سورینام	۲
تایلند	۱
ترانس‌کای	۲
ترکیه	۲
اوگاندا	۲
جزایر ورجین برای جزایر ورجین انگلیس	۲
جمع مهاجرین لازم از انگلیس	۵۶

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محافل روحانی ملی دریافت کننده	كمك و مساعدت های زیر باید تدارك شود
ایرلند كنیا سیرالئون	مبلغین سیار
دانمارك	مبلغین سیار و كارآزموده در تعلیم مربیان كلاسهای اطفال
مالاوی	مبلغ مقیم
گانا	توسعه و شرکت در تامین مصالح لازم جهت تاسیس كلاسهای امری
ایرلند	اقدام به تبلیغ در مرزها
بلژيك دانمارك هلند نروژ	سعی بیشتر در ایجاد كنفرانسهای مرزی دریای شمال
فرانسه	اقدام به تبلیغ در آنسوی كانال
گانا	كمك جهت تامین لوازم دفتر برای مركز ملی
جامائیکا	كمك جهت تامین كلاسهای سیار برای تزئید معلومات
آلمان *	كمك به محفل ملی آلمان و اهدافش در اروپای شرقی

محافل ملی روحانی فرستنده	ما باید كمك های بین المللی زیر را دریافت كنیم :
ایرلند	اقدام به تبلیغ در مرزها و سرحدات
فرانسه	اقدام به تبلیغ در آنسوی كانال
بلژيك دانمارك هلند نروژ	اقدام و سعی بیشتر به تبلیغ در مرزهای دریای شمال
ایرلند	تدارك مبلغین سیار

• برای كسب اطلاع بیشتر راجع به این اهداف لطفاً با منشی لجنه ملی اهداف بین المللی تماس بگیرید .

[Page 82] ۲ تنظیم طرحهای بزرگ پیشرفت اجتماعی و توسعه اقتصادی متکی بر اعمده استوار و مستحکم در نواحی که دارای محفل بوده و از استطاعت مالی برخوردار میباشند .

۳ توجه مخصوص به مشروعات و طرحهای خدماتی . بنیاد این قبیل مشروعات باید در مدارس تابستانه گذاشته شود و از همانجا آغاز گردد .

۴ ترغیب و تشویق خانواده‌های بهائی که در صورت امکان اطفال بی بضاعت را در منازل خود ماوی و مسکن دهند و بعنوان ولی یا سرپرست به تربیت و پرورش آنان همت گمارند .

۵ تجسس و تحقیق درباره امکان ایجاد و ایفای نقش مشورتی بهائی در امور . (مانند حیات عائله و سرخوردگی و محرومیتهای اجتماعی و امثال آنها) .

۶ تهیه صورتی از اسامی احبائیکه در این رشته ها تخصص داشته و میتوانند در این زمینه ها كمك و راهنمائی نمایند . این صورت اسامی باید مستمرا" مطابق آخرین اطلاعات موجود منظم و تکمیل گردد .

۷ تصریح و تاکید این نکته که در وهله اولی انگیزه اصلی از نیل باین اهداف خدمت بحق از طریق خدمت به عالم انسانی میباشد .

۸ اهداف همکاری بین المللی

نیل باهداف کشورهای ماوراء بحار

مطالب زیر اهداف همکاریهای بین المللی نقشه شش‌ساله است که بر پایه ملاحظات خودمان و مشورت با بیت العدل اعظم الهی و مرکز تبلیغ بین المللی طرح ریزی گردیده .

این اهداف نه تنها برای نیل بمقاصد اصلی طرح شده بلکه بمنظور تشویق و ترغیب همکاری متقابل و شرکت در نظریات و افکار فیمابین محافل روحانی است، عملی که اتحاد جامعه بهائی را تقویت نموده او را قادر مینماید که نمونه و الگوئی راستین و ثمربخش و جهانی از اجتماعی که در عین تباین متحد میباشد بنوع بشر ارائه نماید . [Page 83] امرى، مسولیتهاى خانوادگى و ارتباط با سایر سازمانها موجبات نیل باین هدف را فراهم سازند.

۲ تاسیس شوراهای محلی صلح در نقاطی که چنین هیئتهائی وجود ندارند تعقیب و دنبال گردد تا بدینوسیله گامی بسوی تاسیس "صلح اصغر" برداشته شود.

۳ سعی در ارائه طرز مشاوره بهائی در عمل. این اقدام بر میزان معاضدت و كمك احبا به اجتماعی که در آن زندگی میکنند و همچنین تشكیلات امری که در آنها بخدمت مشغولند می افزاید.

٤ تشویق جوامع بهائی برای تعیین لااقل یك نماینده جهت شركت و همکاری با انجمن سازمان ملل متحد در هر ناحیه.

٥ افزایش تعداد ناطقین شایسته و ماهر بهائی در رشته‌ها و زمینه‌های مختلف و پیشنهاد و معرفی آنان بسایر سازمانها جهت ایراد نطق و سخنرانی.

٦ انتخاب یك مطلب مهم و مورد علاقه عموم و جلب توجه افراد جامعه بان مطلب و استفاده از تجربیات و نظریات افراد بمنظور ارائه كمك موثر و سودمند به اجتماع.

ازدیاد وسیع و جهانگیر در تهیه ترجمه و طبع و نشر و استفاده از كتب و آثار امریه

۱ افزایش تعداد نمایندگیهای منطقه‌ای کتاب و در صورت امکان تاسیس قرائتخانه و کتابخانه برای امانت دادن کتب به علاقمندان علی‌الخصوص در نواحی که دارای حظیره القدس میباشند.

۲ پی گیری در مورد امکان تهیه انتشارات مشترك با سایر محافل روحانیه ملیه.

۳ تشویق و تحریص در اتخاذ شیوه‌های بدیع و جدید در استفاده از آثار مبارکه در حد وسیعتر و گسترده‌تر با تاکید بیشتر در تهیه و پخش کتب و آثار امری بطور مجانی بمنظور كمك در مراحل اعلان امرالله و توسعه و تحکیم جوامع بهائی.

‎۳ ٤‎ تفحص و تحقیق درباره امکانات تهیه یك انطباع امری با کیفیتی مرغوب بوسیله یك ناشر معتبر و معروف بمنظور فروش در کتابفروشیها. بعلاوه ادامه فعالیت در یافتن طرقی جهت افزایش تعداد و حجم کتب و آثار امری که بوسیله کتابفروشها در دسترس عموم قرار میگیرد. [Page 84] برای افراد و محافل و هر دو مفید بوده و مهارت و کاردانی آنانرا در امر مشاوره تقویت مینماید .

٦ تهیه راهنمائی بصورت تالیف یا رساله برای افرادی که قصد ازدواج دارند که توسط محافل روحانی به زوج‌های نامزد شده اهدا شود . این اقدام قسمت مهمی از برنامه‌ای را تشکیل خواهد داد که هدف آن بالا بردن کیفیت ازدواج بهائی میباشد .

٧ ترغیب و توجه مخصوص به انعقاد کلاسهای محلی تزیید معلومات بمنظور بررسی دستورات و راهنمائیهای حضرت ولی امرالله درباره طرز رفتار و سلوک یاران و راستی ، درستی و صحت عمل بطریقی که در کتاب "ظهور عدل الهی" توضیح داده شده است .

۸ آماده کردن احبای الهی برای معمول سازی حکم حقوق الله در آینده .

۹ بذل مساعدت به محافل روحانیه در مورد مساعی و کوششهایی که برای حل مشکلات داخلی جامعه خودشان بعمل میآورند علی‌الخصوص درباره عدم پیروی و سرپیچی از اوامر و احکام الهی .

۱۰ تشویق محافل روحانیه به تهیه بودجه سالیانه .

۱۱ تشکیل و اداره دوره‌های آموزشی برای محافل روحانیه درباره وظایفی از قبیل ارشاد و راهنمائی جامعه بهائی و سایر مسئولیتهای محوله و تجدید و توسعه استفاده آنان از لجنات مشاوره‌ای منطقه‌ای .

۱۲ ازدیاد تدریجی معلومات عمومی افراد احبا درباره امرالله

۱۳ ادامه فعالیت در تاسیس مدارس منطقه‌ای بمنظور تعلیم و تربیت بهائی اطفال توام با ترتیب کلاسهائی برای تربیت معلمین . این اقدامات بمنزله قدمهای مقدماتی است برای ایجاد چنین مدارسی در آتیه در اغلب نواحی که دارای محفل روحانی میباشند .

١٤ توسعه بیشتری در امر استفاده از حظیره‌القدس‌های محلی بعنوان مراکز منطقه‌ای در نیمه دوم نقشه شش‌ساله .

۱۵ ابتیاع یک حظیره‌القدس محلی در جنوب غربی انگلستان . [Page 85] ٤ اهتمام در تهیه بیشتر آثار امری که برای غیر بهائیان جالب باشد و تاسیس دومین مرکز فروش کتب بهائی در لندن.

٥ تهیه و تولید مقدار بیشتری از آثار امری طبق طرحهای صحیحه دقیقه برای ترجمه، طبع و پخش.

٦ تولید یا تدارک آثار و نوشتجات بنیانی و اصولی امرالله به سبکها و اندازه هائی که برای اکثریت علاقمندان به مطالعه در کشور انگلستان مناسب و جالب باشد.

٧ اصلاح و بهبود کیفیت و تنوع کتب تعلیم و تربیتی بهائی ‎مخصوصا" مخصوصاً‎ آنچه که مربوط به اطفال میباشد.

٨ دعوت و انعقاد یک کنفرانس بین‌المللی از ناشرین بهائی در سال ۱۹۸۷ بمنظور توسعه و پیشرفت امر تولید و پخش و استفاده مطبوعات امری در سطح بین المللی.

٩ در دسترس قرار دادن لااقل یک دوره تدریس از طریق مکاتبه در باره آئین مقدس بهائی.

تسریع بیشتری در طی مراحل رشد و بلوغ در جوامع محلی و ملی بهائی

۱ تعقیب یک نقشه منظم بمنظور تزیید معلومات مصدقین جدید. تاکید خاص (جهت آمادگی جامعه بهائی) راجع به نتایج ‎ناشیه‌ ناشیه‎ از خروج امرالله از مجهولیت بوسیله مطالعه دقیق عهد و میثاق الهی از جمیع لحاظ (و تمسک به آن)

۲ در این خصوص مطالعه کتاب "دور بهائی" در تمام طول نقشه باید مورد توجه خاص قرار گیرد تا بدینوسیله افراد جامعه تعلیم و پرورش یابند و بتوانند در مقابل هر گونه مخالفتی جوابگو باشند.

۳ ترتیب و اداره دوره های تزیید معلوماتی برای اعضا هیئت عامله محافل روحانیه و استفاده سایر یاران بمنظور تعلیم و پرورش آنان و ازدیاد میزان کفایت و قوه تاثیر موسسات بهائی.

٤ استفاده از تخصص و اطلاعات برخی از محافل روحانی محلی در زمینه های مختلف بوسیله ایجاد برنامه های همکاری بمنظور کمک در وصول موسسات بهائی بمدارج رشد و بلوغ.

٥ ادامه برنامه احاله کار توسط محافل محلی و ملی بافراد احبا. این اقدام [Page 86]

توجه بیشتر بمشارکت عمومی و تعمق معنوی افراد جامعه

۱ تشویق محافل روحانیه به برقراری جلسات مشرق الاذکار برای جوامع بهائی و پرورش حالت خلوص و روحانیت در افراد احباء .

۲ اتخاذ تدابیری برای تشویق لا اقل دو هزار نفر از احباء که بطور مرتب صندوق ملی را اعانت و تقویت نمایند . این رقم با رشد و نمو جامعه بایستی افزایش یابد تا هدف اصلی یعنی مشارکت عمومی یاران در تقدیم تبرعات متحقق شود .

توسعه دامنه تعلیم و تربیت روحانی اطفال و جوانان و تقویت ارکان عائله بهائی

۱ تشویق به برگزاری "هفته خانواده" و استفاده از تعطیلات آخر هفته علی‌الخصوص بمنظور رفع نیازمندیهای عائله های بهائی .

۲ تشکیل سمینارهای محلی و ملی درباره اصل تساوی حقوق رجال و نساء و مسائل مربوط بآن مانند حیات عائله و اطفال که عطیه الهی میباشند .

۳ بذل توجه مخصوص به تشکیل جلسات مناسب برای والدینی که اطفال خود را بکلاسهای درس اخلاق میبرند . هدف اصلی از این اقدام ازدیاد معلومات آنان درباره اصول و تعالیمی است که ضابط بر حیات عائله بهائی میباشد .

۴ ترغیب محافل روحانیه محلی جهت تقبل مخارج جوانان و اطفال بهائی برای شرکت در مدارس تابستانه .

۵ تشویق افراد و موسسات بهائی برای تقبل مخارج اطفال مقیم مدارس بهائی در کشورهای خارج مانند مدرسه عصر جدید و مدارس ریانی .

تعاقب طرحهای توسعه اجتماعی و اقتصادی در جوامع متمکن و قوی الارکان بهائی

۱ شناختن این اصل که اولین گام در پیشرفت اجتماعی و توسعه اقتصادی بایستی در داخل هر جامعه محلی بهائی برداشته شود . [Page 87] ۸ تشویق جوانان بهائی باینکه با اسلوب و روش منظمی توجه همکاران جوان خود را به پیام حضرت بهاءالله جلب نمایند.

۹ افزایش میزان همکاری با لجنه "مهاجرت قاره‌ای اروپا" و توسعه تشریک مساعی بین‌المللی در میدان تبلیغ.

۱۰ ادامه توزیع بیشتر نسخ بیانیه "وعده صلح جهانی" با کمال جدیت و اتخاذ طرقی که مجاهدتهای مبتکرانه بهائیان را برای صلح تشدید و تائید نماید.

۱۱ ادامه استفاده از داستانهای نمایشی (درام)، هنر و موسیقی در طرحهای پرورش جوامع امری و همچنین در مشارق تبلیغی. این اقدام تشکیل یک گروه سرودخوان "کر" را نیز شامل میباشد.

۱۲ ازدیاد میزان آگاهی احبا بارزش و اهمیت روابط عمومی در رویدادهای امری مانند افتتاح ام‌المعابد هندوستان و انعقاد جشن هفتاد و پنجمین سال دیدار حضرت عبدالبهاء از این سرزمین.

۱۳ ادامه مساعی و کوششهای جاری که برای منظور کردن آئین بهائی در برنامه تحصیلی مدارس بعمل آمده است.

۱۴ انعقاد جشن شایسته یادبود هفتاد و پنجمین سال دیدار حضرت عبدالبهاء از این جزائر.

۱۵ انعقاد مجالس جشن در سال ۱۹۸۸ بمنظور یادبود چهلمین سال تاسیس اولین محفل روحانی در اسکاتلند، ویلز و ایرلند شمالی.

اختلاط و اشتغال بیشتر امر الهی در حیات جامعه بشری

۱ تهیه طرحهای مختلف توسعه در سطوح محلی و ملی بمسائل نژادپرستی، استعمال مواد مخدر، تعدی و انتهاک، جنایت، بیکاری، کشاورزی، نیروی هسته‌ای و غیره. در اینگونه موارد موسسات بهائی بمنزله عامل معاونت و تسهیل کننده در سطح محلی در صورت امکان شرکت خواهند نمود. احبا باید تشویق شوند که در این رشته‌ها تخصص یابند و معلومات خود را توام با قریحه و استعداد خویش در امر مشاوره در اختیار عموم قرار دهند. علاوه بر آن باید در ایجاد طرحهای مخصوص به پیشرفت و توسعه کوشا باشند و با سازمانهای مناسب غیر بهائی همفکری و همکاری نمایند و با ایجاد تعادل و هماهنگی موثر بین فعالیتهای [Page 88] THE UNITED KINGDOM SIX YEAR PLAN نقشه شش‌ساله بریتانیای کبیر

ترجمه نقشه شش‌ساله

محفل روحانی ملی بهائیان کشور انگلستان (جزایر بریتانیای کبیر و ایرلند شمالی)

اهداف نقشه شش‌ساله (۱۹۸۶ - ۱۹۹۲)

‎ابلاغ پیام شف‌بخش ابلاغ پیام شفابخش‎ حضرت بهاءالله باکثریت اهل عالم

۱ فراهم ساختن موجبات رشد و نمو ذاتی و تکامل طبیعی امرالله در کشور انگلستان بمنظور تحکیم و افزایش تعداد نواحی که دارای محفل روحانی و جمعیتهای بهائی میباشد .

۲ تزیید عدد مومنین بامرالله تا پایان نقشه بدوبرابر . این افزایش و رشد باید هم در داخل هر جامعه و هم در محدوده اهداف تبلیغی که خارج از حوزه امری آن جامعه میباشد صورت پذیرد . بجوامعی که دارای کالجهای آموزش بزرگسالان هستند توجه خاص مبذول گردد و جوانان بهائی تشویق شوند که در این سبیل كمك و همکاری نمایند .

۳ حمایت و حفظ و صیانت فتوحاتی که از قبل حاصل شده، تقویت بنیه جوامع بهائی و فتح نقاط ‎جدید ه جدیده‎، تعهد عمده و اصلی جامعه بهائی کشور انگلستان را تشکیل میدهند .

۴ علاوه بر جلب اهالی بومی کشور در ظل آئین الهی، تبلیغ اقلیتهای نژادی و ائتلاف و امتزاج موزون و هماهنگ مومنین بومی و غیربومی بمنظور ایجاد نمونه واقعی از يك جامعه متحد و در عین حال متباین باید مورد توجه و تاکید قرار گیرد .

۵ افزایش محافل روحانی که دارای اهداف تبلیغی خارج از حوزه امری خود میباشند به یکصد عدد - وصول باین اهداف باید بوسیله تشویق محافل روحانی به تعیین و انتخاب اهداف تبلیغی برای خود صورت پذیرد .

۶ افزایش تعداد محافلی که رسماً به ثبت رسیده باشد . جوامعی که دارای نوزده نفر ‎و برای و به بالا‎ میباشند تشویق شوند که برای تحصیل چنین موقعیتی سعی و مجاهدت نمایند .

۷ تشویق و ترغیب جوامع بهائی تا در اثر این رشد و نموّ بعنوان افراد و موسسات بهائی سرمشق و الگوی جامعه قرار گیرند .