I have a growing conviction about the shape of the future Salvation Army. This conviction is one that began several months back and posted here (16th Jan 07)and is expressed in picture terms as I ‘saw’ it. It has since been fuelled by reading books such as ‘You See Bones I See an Army’ by … More Army Shape
Our visitor at the weekend mentioned a Catherine Booth quote that I hadn’t come across. He said the source of it was in Harold Begbie’s biography of William Booth and she is supposed to have said it on her death bed. Apparently, she said (to her daughter Kate) “Why can God not keep a thing … More Life and Death
We’ve had a Major Howard Webber visiting our corps from THQ this weekend. Howard is an ‘evangelism mission partner’ and works with various corps in the Territory. His visit had been arranged since the beginning of the year and he duly came. On a personal level, my interaction with him has shown me such a … More Wick’s Mission Weekend
I’ve been getting into Alan Hirsch’s weighty book ‘The Forgotten Ways.’ Fantastic book, but meaty. There he is talking about the similarity between the missional environment that the early church grew up in (before Constantine came along and invented Christendom) and the current day world which many are calling post-Christendom. Hirsch is maintaining (and I … More Back to the future
So that CT Studd quote really sticks in your brain… “Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell.” It struck me today when I came across it again and its just been on my mind all day. Being a … More Rescue shop…
News snippet from the ‘Zimbabwe Salvationist’ this month: 138 Soldiers Enrolled At Glen Norah HARARE CENTRAL—The Spirit is at work in Glen Norah. Although the corps has been going through a period of rebuilding and transformation, many people in the community received Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord through the corps’ evangelistic activities last year. … More God at work in Zimbabwe
“Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell.” “Funds are low again, hallelujah! That means God trusts us and is willing to leave His reputation in our hands.” “Christ’s call is to save the lost, not the stiff-necked; He … More CT Studd
Major Carol Young is calling the Army to arms against some of the prevailing strongholds in the United Kingdom, alcohol and prostitution (see link on the right). These are area’s we’ve traditionally fought well on but where we, as The Army, are sadly losing ground to. Mainly because we try programmes lacking the power to … More Storming Forts of Darkness
We can be very comfortable in the church in accepting the role of the pastor, teacher and evangelist. To some extent we’re content with the prophet until he/she says something we don’t like, but the apostolic ministry is something many of us have trouble with or simply don’t recognise. There are three sense in which … More Sent
So yeah….Aberdeen Torry is our new appointment which we will take up in August. It is a distinct community just south of the city centre of Aberdeen. Torry contains a couple of the poorest 5% neighbourhoods in the whole of Scotland. In fact, the vast majority of Torry is within the 15% bracket of the … More More on Torry and the road there
Andrew S M Clark 