August 11. On this date in 1970, the Universal House of Justice wrote all NSAs that "Only as individual members of Local Spiritual Assemblies deepen themselves...will this Institution grow and develop toward its full potential." As Sen McGlinn points out, "theology is what Bahais usually call ‘deepening.'"

August 11. On this date in 1970, the Universal House of Justice wrote all NSAs that "Only as individual members of Local Spiritual Assemblies deepen themselves...will this Institution grow and develop toward its full potential." As Sen McGlinn points out, "theology is what Bahais usually call ‘deepening.'"

152. Individual Members of the Local Spiritual Assembly Should Deepen

"Only as individual members of Local Spiritual Assemblies deepen themselves in the fundamental verities of the Faith and in the proper application of the principles governing the operation of the Assembly will this Institution grow and develop toward its full potential."

(From a letter of the Universal House of Justice to all National Spiritual Assemblies, August 11, 1970)