| Age of adulthood. Age at which Bahá'ís gain administrative rights and duties. |
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Regarding the age of fifteen fixed by Bahá'u'lláh: this relates only to purely spiritual functions and obligations and is not related to the degree of administrative capacity and fitness which is a totally different thing, and is, for the present, fixed at twenty-one. |
| [Shoghi Effendi, Principles of Bahá'í Administration, p. 12] |
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| Election. |
| These local Spiritual Assemblies will have to be elected directly by the Friends, and every declared believer of twenty-one years and above, far from standing aloof and assuming an indifferent or independent attitude, should regard it his sacred duty to take part conscientiously and diligently, in the election, the consolidation, and the efficient working of his own local Assembly. |
| [Shoghi Effendi, Principles of Bahá'í Administration, p. 40] |
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| No Age Limit for Serving the Cause |
| There is no age limit whatsoever for serving the Cause in administrative capacities after one has reached twenty-one years. Indeed we are supposed to serve the Cause to our last breath. |
| [Shoghi Effendi, Dawn of a New Day, p. 156] |
