Using Heritage to Serve the Present Age
BY COLONEL RICHARD MUNN
From the opening and dedication of the gleaming USA East THQ facility in West Nyack, N.Y., in 1990, the territorial [...]
150 Years of Old Orchard Beach Camp Meetings
BY ROBERT JEFFERY
Considering the recent revival at Asbury University, an event that seemed to be spontaneous in its nature and surprising to many, perhaps we are [...]
A History Rooted in Faith
BY ROBERT MITCHELL
Nestled in the woods off a rural road in Warren, Conn., is a simple monument marking the birthplace of the Rev. Charles Finney, known as the “Father of Modern Revivalism.” [...]
Hail Star Lake Camp – Happy 100th Birthday!
BY COLONEL RICHARD MUNN
The summer of 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of Star Lake Camp, maybe the most renown summer camp in the Salvation Army world. This is either by its remarkable longevity [...]
The Army’s ‘Wonder Woman Preacher’
BY HUGO BRAVO
In 1945, the life of Evangeline Booth, the first woman General of The Salvation Army, was immortalized on the pages of DC Comics’ Wonder Woman comic book. Booth was included [...]
New York county honors Dorothy Frooks
BY ROBERT MITCHELL
Salvationists know Dorothy Frooks as The Salvation Army’s first full-time lawyer, but she was so much more—a suffragette, military figure, writer, publisher, political candidate, and champion for legal services [...]
Ministering to the poor
BY ROBERT JEFFERY
Looking back to the origins of The Salvation Army, many people are quick to point out that it wasn’t William Booth’s intention to start a church. This is an overstatement of the truth [...]
1929: a time for reform
BY WARREN L. MAYE
In the 1920s, the world enjoyed a growing prosperity, levity, and optimism. In the United States, the era became known as the “Roaring Twenties.” A surging economy, [...]
Raising the age of consent
BY WARREN L. MAYE
The law, as it stood in the early 1880s, said that a young woman of 13 was legally competent to consent to her own seduction. Girls under the age [...]
The Booth Family Legacy
BY WARREN L. MAYE
"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it,” Proverbs 22:6 (KJV) asserts. But how that outcome manifests can be complex and complicated. Take for example the family of William and Catherine Booth, founders of The Salvation Army. This Methodist couple had [...]