Need to plan - Assemblies
Goals for Assemblies[edit]
A Local Assembly should have its own goals (as do National Assemblies) and these can be adopted spontaneously or assigned to them by the National Spiritual Assembly[edit]
"Many Local Spiritual Assemblies do not meet, because they do not know or see what they should meet about. A compilation on the founctions of a Local Spiritual Assembly, or the By-Laws of a Local Assembly will not usually provide the impetus for the members to meet. One of the stipulations of the Five Year Plan is the desirability for each Local Assembly to have local goals. Just as there are international and national goals, there should be local goals for each Local Assembly and throughout the Bahá'í world. These goals, as indicated in our Naw-Rúz 1974 Message, can either be adopted spontaneously by the Local Assemblies, or assigned to them by the National Spiritual Assembly. The adoption of a local plan by the Local Assembly can exert a far-reaching influence on its work and on the life of the community."
- (Universal House of Justice, letter to a National Spiritual Assembly, dated December 24, 1975 quoted in Lights of Guidance, vol. iii, no. 159, p. 45)
As strength builds, an increasing number of lines of action devolve to the Local Assemblies[edit]
"As strength builds, the responsibility for an increasing number of lines of action is to be devolved onto the Local Spiritual Assemblies. [from the communities in an area involved in programmes of growth]"
- (Universal House of Justice, 9 January 2001, par. 16)
Systematization of teaching efforts directed by the institutions must be given ample attention[edit]
"Ample attention must also be given to further systematization of teaching efforts, whether undertaken by the individual or directed by the institutions."
- (Universal House of Justice, letter dated 26 November 1999 to the Bahá'ís of the World, par. 6)
