Editing Shoghi Effendi (section)

=== Leadership style ===
Shoghi Effendi was 24 when he became Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith, and following a short break in which he prepared himself for what this entailed, he began to address the task in hand. With his Western education and Western dress, Shoghi Effendi’s leadership style was noticeably different from that of his grandfather [[ʻAbdu'l-Bahá]]. His letters to Baháʼís were signed "your true brother”, and rather than referring to his personal role as Guardian his focus was instead on the institute of the guardianship. He expended his energy on building the Faith worldwide, laying the foundations for its world [[Baháʼí administration|administrative]] [[Baháʼí World Centre|center in the Holy Land]], and relying on extensive correspondence rather than direct travel to communicate advice to a growing global community. He spent time with the many Baháʼís who visited Haifa on pilgrimage, inspiring and teaching them and often using them as emissaries on returning to their various home communities.{{sfn|Smith|2000|p=316}}