Dr. Momen begins by reviewing the reasons why individuals would want to study Bahá’í history. He then reviews the 140 year history of the Faith and points out that we have already developed formulations of our teachings to the Zoroastrian, Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities. In the West we have developed a version of the teachings for urban populations. One of the important challenges confronting the present-day Bahá’í community is the tremendous influx of new believers from indigenous third-world villages over the past three decades. The challenge is to formulate the teachings of the Bahá’í Faith in a way that easily communicates to these populations which don’t easily fit into the formulations already devised. We need new methods. We need to understand how these rural societies look at themselves in order to adapt our presentation of the Faith.