Ministry is what we do.
- We meet human need without discrimination.
- We assist approximately 23 million Americans annually.
- We serve in 130 countries around the globe.
- We have over 1.5 million members consisting of officers, soldiers, and adherents.
- We’ve been pursuing our mission since 1865
A Voice of Strength
CAPTAIN LENISSA RIVERA, pastor at The Salvation Army’s Newport, R.I. church, talks about performing live at the Apollo, learning piano during school lunch hours, and how music has become the gift in her life that has kept on giving. Interview by Hugo Bravo My journey began when a kind woman decided one day to drive the Women’s Ministries van and asked me and my mom to go with her. Her name was Mrs. Payne. She attended the Hartford Citadel church in Southern New England. This made me feel special; [...]
‘We Had to Help the Helpers’
'We Had to Help the Helpers’ by Robert Mitchell 'We Had to Help the Helpers’ When it didn’t look like The Salvation Army in Washington, Pa., would meet its kettle goal this past Christmas, Captain Jason Imhoff made a bold prediction. “It may not end up in the bucket, but God will provide what we need,” he told his wife, Captain Amber Imhoff. What followed was a season full of faith and dependence on God that Amber called a “Christmas miracle” thanks to the Washington County Community Foundation. The Imhoffs knew [...]
A Candle in the Dark
A Candle in the Dark by Hugo Bravo “The Salvation Army, instead of cursing the darkness, has lit a candle.” Those were the words of civil rights leader James Farmer at the dedication of The Salvation Army Hough Center in October 1969. The $2 million multi–purpose community center, the first of its kind for The Salvation Army, was created in response to the 1966 Hough Riots. During those six days in July, arson and destruction of property took place in the predominantly African American community of Hough in Cleveland, Ohio. Heightened [...]
Electric football and the gospel?
Electric football and the gospel? by Robert Mitchell “… I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.” —1 Corinthians 9:22-23 His beloved Pittsburgh Steelers won’t be involved, but football enthusiast and Salvation Army Lieutenant Dustin Fitch will still watch Sunday's Super Bowl between the Bengals and Rams. Fitch, who pastors the Columbus Citadel in Columbus, Ohio, as its corps officer, always hopes that in watching the [...]
Unity in the Community
BY ROBERT MITCHELL | Philadelphia is known as the “City of Brotherly Love,” but the homicide rate there in recent years tells a very different story. The Salvation Army hopes to reopen a long-shuttered community center soon that could make a huge difference in troubled North Philadelphia.
The Salvation Army continues its support in Ukraine
The Salvation Army continues its support in Ukraine by Warren L. Maye Dennis, age 6, who is a Ukrainian refugee, takes shelter with his friends at The Salvation Army Eastern European Territorial Headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova. Printed on his grey T–shirt is a cartoon—a pair of widened eyes. The image was originally meant to be humorous. But in his dire situation, it serves as a metaphor for the faces of many frightened Ukrainian children and adults who have found refuge at the headquarters during the horrific attack on their country by Russian [...]
“While women weep, as they do now, I’ll fight;
while children go hungry, as they do now I’ll fight;
while men go to prison, in and out, in and out, as they do now,
I’ll fight; while there is a poor lost girl upon the streets, while there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I’ll fight,
I’ll fight to the very end!”
– General William Booth