nistrative Order of the Faith of Baha'u'llah.

The hour is now ripe for these communities whether new or old, local or
national, already functioning on the northern, the western and the
southern fringes of that continent, as well as those situated in its very
heart, to initiate befittingly and prosecute energetically the European
campaign of a global Crusade which will not only contribute, to an
unprecedented degree, to the broadening and the consolidation of the
foundations of the Faith of Baha'u'llah on the continent of Europe, but
will also diffuse its light over the neighboring islands, and will, God
willing, carry its radiance to the eastern territories of that continent,
and beyond them as far as the heart of Asia.

CRUSADE PROJECTS TO BE UNDERTAKEN

The privileged prosecutors of so revolutionizing, so gigantic, so sacred
and beneficent a campaign, are, on the morrow of its launching, and, at
such a crucial hour in the destinies of the European continent, summoned
to undertake:

First, the formation, under the aegis of the National Spiritual Assembly
of the Baha'is of the United States, of one national spiritual assembly in
each one of the Scandinavian and Benelux countries, and those of the
Iberian Peninsula, and one in Finland, as well as the establishment, in
collaboration with the Paris Spiritual Assembly, of the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Baha'is of France; the establishment, under the aegis of
the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Germany and Austria, of
the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Austria; and the
establishment, under the aegis of the National Spiritual Assembly of the
Baha'is of the United States, and in association with the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Italy and Switzerland, of independent
National Spiritual Assemblies in Italy and Switzerland.

Second, the construction of the first Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kar of Europe in
the city of Frankfurt, the heart of Germany, which occupies such a central
position in the continent of Europe.

Third, the purchase of land for the future construction of two
Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kars, one in the north in the city of Stockholm, and one
in the south in the city of Rome, the seat and stronghold of the most
powerful church in Christendom.

Fourth, the opening of the following thirty virgin territories and
islands: Albania, Crete, Estonia, Finno-Karelia, Frisian Islands, Greece,
Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia, Rum