'Abdu'l-Bahá's three aims of His ministry

The three main aims of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's ministry were

1. the establishment of the Cause in America
2. the erection of the Ishqabad Temple
3. the building of a mausoleum for the Báb on Mt. Carmel

"2 'ABDU'L-BAHÁ'S MINISTRY (Re: World Objectives)

"As to the three aims which Shoghi Effendi has stated in his America and the Most Great Peace to have been the chief objectives of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's ministry, it should be pointed out that the first was: The establishment of the Cause in America; the erection of the Bahá'í Temple in Ishqabad, and the building on Mt. Carmel of a mausoleum marking the resting-place of the Báb, were the two remaining ones."

(On behalf of Shoghi Effendi, Directives from the Guardian, p. 1)

The establishment of the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh on the North American continent was the most outstanding of these three aims

"It was `Abdu'l-Bahá Himself, His most intimate associates testify, Who, on more than one occasion, intimated that the establishment of His Father's Faith in the North American continent ranked as the most outstanding among the threefold aims which, as He conceived it, constituted the principal objective of His ministry."

(Shoghi Effendi, World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 76)