The Salvation Army

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The Salvation Army
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what is the salvation army

• The Salvation Army is a worldwide Christian
  church and charity - they are one of the largest
  voluntary organisations which provides social
  care in the United Kingdom and Ireland and they
  work in 115 countries around the world.

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how did the salvation army begin

• William Booth was a preacher in the Methodist
  Church when he realised that he had to do
  something about the terrible poverty that many
  people were living in. He left the Methodist
  Church and began preaching on the streets, only
  to find that the people who were becoming
  Christians were being turned away from other
  churches because they weren't clean and
  respectable.

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what does the salvation army do

• Every minute of the day the salvation army is
  caring for people in need. In the United Kingdom
  and Republic of Ireland there are around 750
  salvation army churches and community centres and
  more than 100 social work centres.

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worship and the salvation army

• Members of The Salvation Army use many different
  ways to show God just how much they love him and
  this is known as 'worship'. Worship can take
  place in people's homes, at Salvation Army
  churches - in fact, anywhere! Worship is used to
  describe anything that shows affection and
  admiration to God.

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the salvation army around the world

• Did you know that the salvation army can be found
  in 118 countries? Here are some facts about The
  Salvation Army across the world Within the 118
  countries that The Salvation Army is working in,
  175 different languages are spoken

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Is it really an army?

• When The Salvation Army started in 1865 it was
  actually called 'The Christian Mission'. It was a
  small group of people caring for the poor and
  preaching the Christian message in the East End
  of London. Then in 1878 the founder, William
  Booth, changed its name to 'The Salvation Army'.

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Catherine Booth

• Catherine Mumford was born in Derbyshire in 1829
  and was brought up in a Christian family. She
  only attended school for two years, and after
  that her mother taught her at home. Catherine was
  a very bright pupil and her mother didn't want
  her to be distracted by badly behaved children at
  school. Catherine later married William Booth.

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William Booth

• William Booth was born on 10th April 1829 in
  Nottingham. His father was a wealthy businessman
  and could afford to send William to school until
  he lost his job when William was 13 years old.
  William got a job as an apprentice in a
  pawnbroker's shop where people came to sell their
  possessions when they needed money.

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putting faith into action

• Members of The Salvation Army share the same
  beliefs as other Christians. They believe in a
  loving and caring God, and that every person is
  valuable because they were made by God. They also
  believe that Jesus came to earth to show what God
  is like. Members of The Salvation Army have
  decided to follow Jesus' teachings and to try to
  be like him in the way they live.