Messages from the Universal House of Justice

• 2012-04-21 UHJ April 2012 Riḍván 169
• 2011-12-12 Universal House of Justice. Ruhi Institutes and the Five-Year Plan (2011). Download: bahai-library.com/pdf/2012_02/uhj_5-year-plan_ruhi_training.pdf. [PDF help]
• 2011-12-12 UHJ to all National Spiritual Assemblies
• 2011-05-21 — UHJ May 23, 2011 homefront pioneers 5-year plan
• 2011-04-23 — UHJ April 2011 — Riḍván 168 . framework for action, intensive programs of growth,
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  2011-01-15  The Universal House of Justice, Introduction to Five Year Plan Message of 28 December 2010
• 2010-12-28 The Universal House of Justice, Five Year Plan Message 2011-2016 To all National Spiritual Assemblies
• 2010-12-28 The Universal House of Justice To the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors

“The 28 December letter is a 16 page, 44 paragraph document of the House of Justice to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors. It describes the goals and plans for the Bahá’í community during the 2011-2016 Five Year Plan, calls upon the Auxiliary Board members to support the friends with “love free of paternalism”, describes intensive programs of growth, warns against scaling back flourishing activity, calls upon the community to raise the number of IPG’s over the next five years from 1,600 to 5,000, reflects on innovations to the cluster that resulted from rapidly growing communities, emphasizes the importance of developing Local Spiritual Assemblies and increasing the capacity of the institutions, discusses the pattern of growth rural clusters should follow, touches on the purpose of consultation at the Nineteen Day Feast, stresses the importance of “sacrifice on the part of those entrusted to administer the affairs of the Faith”, highlights the Guardian’s words in The Advent of Divine Justice regarding the distinguishing characteristics of the life of the Bahá’í community and that of the individual; including “the extent to which young minds are affected by the choices parents make for their own lives”, reaffirms that prejudice of any kind is alien to the very purpose of the Faith, encourages the friends to strive to understand “the totality of the vision conveyed in the messages” of the House of Justice; warning against focusing on isolated fragments, and lastly covers “the three protagonists in the Divine Plan”: the individual, the institutions, and the community.” (bahaitext)

• A la Conferencia de los Cuerpos Continentales de Consejeros: 28 de diciembre de 2010. Universal House of Justice. (2010).
• 2010-04-21 — UHJ Riḍván Message 167.
• 2009-04-21 — UHJ Riḍván Message 166.
• 2008-04-21 — UHJ Riḍván Message 165.
• 2008-10-20 by Universal House of Justice. Anniversary of the Birth of the Báb,
• 2007-04-21 — UHJ Riḍván Message 164. home visits
• 2006-04-21 — UHJ Riḍván Message 163. Junior youth, accelerated disintegration,
• 2005-04-21 — UHJ Riḍván Message 162. Core activities, Ruhi Institute, systematic learning, International Teaching Centre,
• 27 December 2005 – The Next 5 Year Plan. To the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors.
• One Common Faith. Baha’i World Center. (Haifa: Baha’i World Center, 2005).
• 2004-04-21 — UHJ Riḍván Message 161. Ruhi Institute
• 28 November 2004 – International Teaching Centre
• Day of the Covenant 26 November 2003: To the Followers of Baha’u'llah in the Cradle of the Faith, in Baha’i Canada. Universal House of Justice. (2004). A message to the Baha’is of Iran.
• 2003-04-21 — UHJ Riḍván Message 160.
• 17 January 2003 – Unfoldment of the Five Year Plan – Universal House of Justice
• Autoridades religiosas del mundo, A las. Casa Universal de Justicia. Cortesia, trans. (2002). Spanish translation of “Letter to the World’s Religious Leaders, April 2002.”
• Letter to the World’s Religious Leaders. Universal House of Justice. (2002).
• 2002-04-21 — UHJ Riḍván Message 159.
• 2001-01-16 Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the World The Faith entered the fifth epoch of the Formative Age.
• 2001-04-21 — UHJ Riḍván Message 158.
• 9 January 2001 – 5 Year Plan – Universal House of Justice
• Attainment of the Unity of Nations and the Lesser Peace. Universal House of Justice. (2001).
• Institution of the Counsellors: Letter to the Counsellors January 16 2001. Universal House of Justice. (2001).
• Institution of the Counsellors: Letter to the Counsellors January 9 2001. Universal House of Justice. (2001).
• Institution of the Counsellors. Universal House of Justice. (2001).
• February 2000 – Training Institutes & Systematic Growth
• 2000-04-21 — UHJ Riḍván Message 157. Children’s classes
• 2000: One-Year Plan: Introductory Letter. Universal House of Justice. (1999).
• 1999 – “Who Is Writing the Future? Reflections on the Twentieth Century.“ Universal House of Justice. (1999).
• 1999-04-21 — UHJ Riḍván Message 156.
• April 1998 – Training Institutes
• 1998-04-21 — UHJ Riḍván Message 155.
• Election and Infallibility of the Universal House of Justice, in Messages from the Universal House of Justice: 1963-1986: The Third Epoch of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice, pages 50-58 (Wilmette, IL: Baha’i Publishing Trust, 1996). Answers to three questions: Why were steps taken to elect a Universal House of Justice with the foreknowledge that there would be no Guardian? Was the time ripe for such an action? Could not the International Baha’i Council have carried on the work?
• Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-86: table of contents. Universal House of Justice. Geoffry W. Marks, comp. (Wilmette, IL: Baha’i Publishing Trust, 1996).
• Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-86: complete text (very large file!). Universal House of Justice. Geoffry W. Marks, comp. (Wilmette: Baha’i Publishing Trust, 1996).
• Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan): training institutes
• 26 December 1995 Message to the Counsellors. Universal House of Justice. (1995).
• BIC. 1995-10. “Turning Point For All Nations: A Statement of the Bahá’í International Community on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations.” New York, USA.
• 1995: Four-Year Plan: Messages to the Bahá’ís of the World (announcing the Four Year Plan). Universal House of Justice.
• Ridván 1995: Bahá’í Era 152. Universal House of Justice. (1995).
• Ridván 1994: Bahá’í Era 151. Universal House of Justice. (1994).
• Letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States, May 19 1994. Universal House of Justice. (1994).
• Wider Horizon: Selected Messages of the Universal House of Justice 1983-1992. Universal House of Justice. Paul Lample, comp.
• Ridván 1993: Bahá’í Era 150. Universal House of Justice. (1993).
• Ridván 1992: Bahá’í Era 149. Universal House of Justice. (1992).
• Ridvan 1991: Baha’i Era 148. Universal House of Justice. (1991).
• 1991 Crisis and Victory by Bahá’u'lláh, Abdu’l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi and Universal House of Justice. Compiled by Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. Published in Compilation of Compilations, Volume 1, pages 131-186. 1991
• Ridvan 1990: Baha’i Era 147. Universal House of Justice. (1990).
• Ridvan 1989: Baha’i Era 146. Universal House of Justice. (1989).
• Individual Rights and Freedoms. Universal House of Justice. (1988).
• Ridván 1988: Baha’i Era 145. Universal House of Justice. (1988).
• Ridván 1987: Baha’i Era 144. Universal House of Justice. (1987).
• 1986: Six-Year Plan. Universal House of Justice. (1986).
• 1987-06-15. Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1986-2001. Plight of the Indigenous and Aboriginal Peoples
• Ridván 1986: Baha’i Era 143. Universal House of Justice. (1986).
• 1986-01-02 ”Inception of the Fourth Epoch of the Formative Age.” Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the world.
• UHJ. 1985-10. “The Promise of World Peace. Bahá’í World Centre.
• Promise of World Peace. Universal House of Justice. (1985).
• Ridván 1985: Baha’i Era 142. Universal House of Justice. (1985).
• Bahá’í World, The: An International Record, volume 18: 136-140 of the Bahá’í Era, 1979-1983. Universal House of Justice, comp, Vol. XVIII (Haifa: Baha’i World Center, 1986).
• Baha’i scholarship: importance, nature, and promotion of. International Teaching Centre of the Universal House of Justice. (1984). Information on Baha’i scholarship to devise ways to foster the development of Baha’i scholarship along lines that are in accordance with Baha’i standards and values.
• Ridván 1984: Baha’i Era 141. Universal House of Justice. (1984).
• Ridván 1983: Baha’i Era 140. Universal House of Justice. (1983).
• UHJ. 1983-09-01. “Meditation, Prayer, and Spiritualization.”
• Ridván 1982: Baha’i Era 139. Universal House of Justice. (1982).
• Ridvan 1981: Baha’i Era 138. Universal House of Justice. (1981).
• Ridvan 1980: Baha’i Era 137. Universal House of Justice. (1980).
• Naw-Ruz 1979: Baha’i Era 136. Universal House of Justice. (1979).
• Ridvan 1978: Baha’i Era 135. Universal House of Justice. (1978).
• Infallibility of the Guardianship and of the Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice. (1977). Distinction between the interpretive spheres of the Guardian versus the Universal House of Justice.
• Ridván 1977: Baha’i Era 134. Universal House of Justice. (1977).
• Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1968-73. Universal House of Justice. (Wilmette, IL: Baha’i Publishing Trust, 1976).
• Naw-Ruz 1976: Baha’i Era 133. Universal House of Justice. (1976).
• Ridvan 1975: Baha’i Era 132. Universal House of Justice. (1975).
• Laws from the Kitab-i-Aqdas Not Yet Binding. Universal House of Justice. (1974). Which laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas are and are not currently binding upon Western believers.
• Naw Rúz 1974: Baha’i Era 131. Universal House of Justice. (1974).
• Ridván 1973: Baha’i Era 130. Universal House of Justice. (1973).
• Constitucion de la Casa Universal de Justicia, La. Casa Universal de Justicia. (1972). Spanish translation of Constitution of the Universal House of Justice.
• Constitution of the Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice. (Haifa: Baha’i World Center, 1972).
• Ridván 1972: Baha’i Era 129. Universal House of Justice. (1972).
• Ridván 1971: Baha’i Era 128. Universal House of Justice. (1971).
• Ridván 1969: Baha’i Era 126. Universal House of Justice. (1969).
• Ridván 1970: Baha’i Era 127. Universal House of Justice. (1970).
• Ridvan 1968: Baha’i Era 125. Universal House of Justice. (1968).
• Ridván 1967: Baha’i Era 124. Universal House of Justice. (1967).
• Ridván 1966: Baha’i Era 123. Universal House of Justice. (1966).
• Ridván 1965: Baha’i Era 122. Universal House of Justice. (1965).
• Ridván 1964: Baha’i Era 121. Universal House of Justice. (1964).
• 1963-04-30 Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986. Statement to the First Bahá’í World Congress[1] 2?
• Ministry of the Custodians: An Account of the Stewardship of the Hands of the Cause 1957-63. Universal House of Justice.

Century of Light. Universal House of Justice.

La Libertad de Expresión. Casa Universal de Justicia. Spanish translation of “Individual Rights and Freedoms”
Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan): Bahá’í Era 153. Universal House of Justice. (1996).

Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) – To the Followers of Bahá’u'lláh (in Australia and the Pacific): Bahá’í Era 153. Universal House of Justice. (1996).

Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) – To the Followers of Bahá’u'lláh in Cambodia, Hong Kong, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam: Bahá’í Era 153. Universal House of Justice. (1996).

Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) – To the Followers of Bahá’u'lláh in North America: Alaska, Canada, Greenland and the United States: Bahá’í Era 153. Universal House of Justice. (1996).

Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) – To the Followers of Bahá’u'lláh in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka: Bahá’í Era 153. Universal House of Justice. (1996).

Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) – To the Followers of Bahá’u'lláh in Western and Central Asia: Bahá’í Era 153. Universal House of Justice. (1996).

Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) – To the Followers of Bahá’u'lláh in Africa: Bahá’í Era 153. Universal House of Justice. (1996).

Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) – To the Followers of Bahá’u'lláh in Europe: Bahá’í Era 153. Universal House of Justice. (1996).

Ridván 1997: Baha’i Era 154. Universal House of Justice. (1997).

Ridván 1998: Baha’i Era 155. Universal House of Justice. (1998).

Ridván 1999: Baha’i Era 156. Universal House of Justice. (1999).

Ridván 2000: Baha’i Era 157. Universal House of Justice. (2000).

Ridvan 2001: Baha’i Era 158. Universal House of Justice. (2001).

Ridvan 2002: Baha’i Era 159. Universal House of Justice. (2002).

Ridván 2003: Bahá’í Era 160. Universal House of Justice. (2003).

Ridvan 2004: Baha’i Era 161. Universal House of Justice. (2004).

Ridvan 2005: Baha’i Era 162. Universal House of Justice.

Ridvan 2006: Baha’i Era 163. Universal House of Justice.

Ridván 2007: Baha’i Era 164. Universal House of Justice.

Ridvan 2008: Baha’i Era 165. Universal House of Justice.

Wellspring of Guidance: Messages of the Universal House of Justice 1963-68. Universal House of Justice, First Revised Edition (Wilmette, IL: Baha’i Publishing Trust, 1969).