Whilst browsing through the Australia Southern Territory’s Salvos Out There campaign I came across some great training resources for Local Officers. I may be wrong, but I am not sure anything of this sort exists in the UK Territory. I realise there is some training for CYS and YPSMs, but not for other leaders. As … More Code Blue
It is the most obscure thing to be a missionary in your own country and culture. The state of the nation, its spiritual temperature, its distance from the ‘church’ lead us to a very specific challenge. That challenge is how do we share Jesus with people. In many ways, we face a not to dis-similar … More The one about….our missionary challenge
7. I believe that God can do something unprecedented with The Salvation Army. I believe God can, but will we let him? Where does the future of the Army lie, how will God do his new thing? What will it look like? I believe God will be able to do something withus when we get … More Affirmations #7 New Army
3. I believe that we should (and can) win the world Again, this is a topic that has been repeatedly accented on this blog over its however many years now. We realise that the bottom line is that its either Jesus or hell…salvation is in him alone. We don’t hide that, we declare in in … More Affirmations #3: World Winning
2. I believe that we should (and can) be holy There is much confusion around about holiness, the arguements have been well rehearsed. Our tenth doctrine is a gem, straight out of the pages of scripture. It speaks of a possibility, a promise, a hope, a certainty…both now in our current experience and perfectly when … More Affirmations #2: Holiness
A couple of days ago Stephen Court blogged a list of nine affirmations he found somewhere on someones blog, I think. He didn’t quote, so I can’t either. Here they are: 1. I believe the doctrines of The Salvation Army;2. I believe that we should (and can) be holy;3. I believe that we should (and … More Firm
Some years ago, there was a lot of hype about 2020 vision in this territory. The idea is that 2020 is a number that symbolises perfect vision, but also reminds us of the fact that statistical decline shows serious consequences for the SA UKT by the year 2020. There isn’t much about this at all … More 2020 Vision
I’ve just come back from officers ‘retreat’ which was a good few days. Several things were helpful: the rest, the fellowship, the conversation, the good teaching by Majors Peter & Val Mylechreest. It was also good, like I said before, to reflect on stuff a year on from some pretty serious conversations we had at … More The Model Officer
Much of life, at the moment, is about getting on with it, thankfully! I certainly don’t say that in any negative sense. As I head off to officers ‘retreat’ tomorrow I’m very much aware that I am attending as someone in a very different situation than last year, where I was regretably doubting whether I … More Primitive Assertion!
Great article by CSM Phil Wall over at the Rubicon here. Well worth a read.
Andrew S M Clark 