April 19. On this date in 2007, the Universal House of Justice wrote its Ridvan Message to the NSA of the U.S. noting "While it is natural for the friends to be concerned over the current low rate of enrollments in the United States, it is important to step back and look at this development in a broader context. Enrollments have been in an overall decline in the United States for more than three decades, as the American Bahá'í community, like so many others, gradually abandoned efforts to register large numbers because it could not sustain the rapid expansion of the Faith."

 

April 19. On this date in 2007, the Universal House of Justice wrote its Ridvan Message to the NSA of the U.S. noting "While it is natural for the friends to be concerned over the current low rate of enrollments in the United States, it is important to step back and look at this development in a broader context. Enrollments have been in an overall decline in the United States for more than three decades, as the American Bahá'í community, like so many others, gradually abandoned efforts to register large numbers because it could not sustain the rapid expansion of the Faith."