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
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 [...]
They have servant hearts
BY ROBERT MITCHELL
Honesty and Brittin Winters know what it’s like to be in need. Their family is finishing up two years in the Salvation Army’s successful Pathway of Hope (POH) program, an experience that has these teens on fire about giving back.
It’s not uncommon to see Honesty and Brittin teach in the after–school program [...]
The unlikely Salvationist
BY ROBERT MITCHELL
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”—Romans 8:28.
“My early knowledge of The Salvation Army was red donation bins and the thrift store that I used to visit as a kid,” recalls Captain Nora McNeil. “I never [...]
Meditation in movement
BY HUGO BRAVO
In March of 2020, Erin Morgan was in Atlanta, Ga., to complete 100 hours of face–to–face training needed to become a certified yoga instructor. She had already finished the required 100 hours of online training. Now, she looked forward to bringing YogaFaith, a yoga practice that [...]
In real life
BY WARREN L. MAYE
Ser'Darius Blain’s faith in Christ has helped him survive abject poverty, the tragic loss of his brother, and a seven–year bout with depression. The Haitian American film and television actor is best known for his role as Anthony “Fridge” Johnson in the “Jumanji” film series. Most recently, he played NFL football star [...]
Instrumental Change
BY WARREN L. MAYE
Instrumental is a word Christian recording artist Danny Gokey loves to use when describing the moment when God lifted his soul from the depths of depression after the loss of his first wife to congenital heart disease. Now remarried and the father of four children, [...]
“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