A collection of excerpts containing chronologically issued answers to some of the questions submitted by individual believers and institutions

1/21/2017

Use of leaflets in teaching projects - December 9, 1971

The details of such matters are within the discretion of each National Spiritual Assembly to decide in the light of certain fundamental principles and in the context of the situation in each country.

In deciding such matter you should bear in mind not only the effectiveness of the project from the teaching point of view, but also its bearing upon the dignity of the Faith. Any leaflet used in such a way should be brief, contain the minimum of quotations from the Sacred Writings, and be designed primarily to arouse the interest of the reader so that he will request more information and should not, at that stage, be intended to convince or convert the reader. 
- The Universal House of Justice  (From a letter of the Universal House of Justice to National Spiritual Assembly of Australia, December 9, 1971; compilation: ‘Lights of Guidance’)