February 7. On this date in 1945, Shoghi Effendi wrote "no objection to the word 'Missionary' appearing on your Passport... 'missionary' a Bahá'í pioneer is... a narrow-minded, bigoted type of proselytizing quite alien to the Bahá'í method of spreading our teachings."
1962. In the Best and Highest Sense of the Term "Missionary" It Can Be Applied to Our Teachers--There is No Objection to the Word Appearing on Passports
"He sees no objection to the word 'Missionary' appearing on your Passport as long as it is clearly understood what kind of a 'missionary' a Bahá'í pioneer is. In the best and highest sense of the term it certainly could be applied to our teachers. Unfortunately this word has often been associated with a narrow-minded, bigoted type of proselytizing quite alien to the Bahá'í method of spreading our teachings."
(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, February 7, 1945)
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