The Bahá'í Faith has had challenges to its leadership, usually at the death of the head of the religion.

In the monarchic period the king functioned as head of the national religion.

Shoghi Effendi, then head of the religion, visited Finland in 1926.

Disobedience: Those who disobey certain direct instructions from the head of the religion.

Ultimately news reached the Universal House of Justice, the head of the religion, while it sat in session on the 17th.

As Guardian he was appointed as head of the religion, someone whom the Bahá'ís had to look to for guidance.

This made the king the head of the national religion and its chief executive.

The king was commander of the army, head of the Macedonian religion, and director of diplomacy.

Shoghi Effendi, the appointed head of the religion from 1921 to 1957, wrote:

I am not the pope yet, but couldn't you tell from the secretary-general's statement that there will be need for a head of the new religion?