Original sentence: Bahá'ís point out that, while groups or individuals have left the Faith, or been told to leave, these have not been as successful attracting followers, nor had as widespread an effect, as the mainstream Bahá'í community
Edited sentence: By contrast, the external activities of the smaller groups seem strongly oriented (with some recent exceptions) around the fact and meaning of the schisms that defined the separate community.Given the Bahá'í doctrine on avoiding contact with Covenant-Breakers, mainstream Bahá'ís simply ignore the minority groups.In short, the Bahá'í community is widely seen by the wider non-Bahá'í community to be intact despite the divisions described here.Members of many of the smaller groups described here have a similar view, claiming the Faith is experiencing a temporary division which will certainly be healed, though their beliefs on the manner of its resolution vary.That community and its institutions are recognized by most nations and the United Nations, and other churches.The generality of Bahá'ís tend to point out that, while small groups or individuals have left the Faith, or been told to leave, these have not been as successful attracting followers nor had as widespread an effect, as the mainstream Bahá'í community.The secure majority simply pays no attention, since the division is not present or relevant in their own community context.The views listed above notwithstanding, the activity of the various smaller Bahá'í sects causes no apparent change to the internal or external activities of the larger group.This is understandable and is often the case in communities with a large majority and several smaller minorities.While such a fact does not resolve the actual question of which opinion is legitimate, it provides the mainstream Bahá'í community with an external perception of credibility