Salvation Army ministries. There are three target groups:
We have been studying how we interact with ARC
beneficiaries coming to faith and becoming members
of The Salvation Army. There is clear evidence that
a beneficiary has a 300% better chance of remaining
clean and sober when they connect to a corps.
the camp and the host Salvation Army unit to maxi-
mize the many decisions made for Christ at camp by
connecting them to the local corps.
service offices with our corps ministries.
facilitate their self-sustainability. Using specialized
professionals, we come alongside to support their efforts
to raise adequate funding from within their territory
so that they can be less dependent upon International
Headquarters and other contributors for their own
operations, leading to their own increasing support of
our international movement.
Western Territory?
are available to support appointments where the current
officer strength is being overworked. It allows us a
greater possibility of new openings and the expansion
of our mission throughout the territory. They have a
positive affect on the morale of the territory, strengthen-
ing corps, social units and officer corps.
We need to stand up in the marketplace, encouraging
others to join us and being a strategic part of social
to confidently be known for what we are for and not
for what others believe we are against. Our Christian
humility is often misapplied here, in that we are quiet
about our efforts publicly where we might be more
outspoken. We continue to be a well-kept secret. We need
to stand tall for Jesus and what He's doing through us.
Currently, we have subscribed to an expectation that
every officer from this territory should expect to serve
overseas at some point as long as they can be contribu-
tors. Our territory contributes millions of dollars every
year to the international movement. Our service with
mission partners is high on our priority list and well
received around the world.
scribe to this as long as funding is identified to do so.
I also believe strongly in mission integration. Often our
many streams of service do not leverage the obvious
advantages of connections between each other.
start. There's more to do. We can win the world for Jesus
in our generation. God is calling us to do so with inten-
tionality, confidence and holiness. Not unlike our call
to individual holiness, it is time to be reminded of our
responsibility for corporate holiness. Are all our prac-
tices, policies and politics reflective of God's holy nature?
How could we do better?