The strength of any army is its people! Operations of The Salvation Army are supervised by trained, commissioned officers.
Members who subscribe to the doctrines of The Salvation Army are called soldiers. Some are employed by the Army in clerical, technical and professional roles. Many provide voluntary lay leadership of adult and youth programs and serve aslocal officers.
Just as preparation for battle is essential, training and development of current and future leaders is vital. The Salvation Army places high priority on the quality of its service, because we minister in the name of Lord Jesus Christ.
Today's Salvationists (officers and soldiers) find unlimited opportunities to serve and to live out the spiritual ministry they've been called to, winning people to Christ and creating genuine change in their lives.
Officership
The Salvation Army needs officers - people called by God into this unique life ministry.
All around you see faces filled with despair, hear conversations laced with frustration about circumstances.
Do you find yourself wanting to do something to help? Do you ask yourself, 'can anyone really make a difference'?
The answer is a resounding yes! The Salvation Army has many opportunities for you to follow Christ, bringing His hope and light to a hurting world.
Across the United States and around the world, thousands of individuals just like you have found their place in ministry as officers in The Salvation Army. Men and women sold out to Christ, mission-minded and action-oriented, can find amazing fulfillment in full-time ministry as officers. The need for effective, servant-leaders is greater than ever. The opportunities for service as an officer are endless.
Salvation Army officership is...
• Helping someone find a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
• Providing meals for someone in need
• Giving comfort to someone after a natural disaster
• Teaching a child to read
• Helping a teen or young adult discover God's plan for their life
• Leading worship
• Teaching a Sunday school class
• Helping people discover more about God
• Giving love unconditionally
• Participating in community projects that provide a better life for many
• Leading a community based and respected ministry organization
• Providing joy for children and adults at Christmas time
• Chatting with a shut-in
• Visiting those in prison
• Pointing someone to help for their addictive behaviors
• Ministering to people of other cultures
• Serving God in a foreign land
• Helping to change lives
• Participating in God's work
• Being His hands, His feet, His heart in a hurting world
Each Salvation Army officer is called by God for a unique ministry. This calling may take many forms, but in all cases it is an inner conviction that it is God's plan for you to serve Him fully as an officer in The Salvation Army. He speaks through the Scriptures, through other people, through our circumstances and character and through the Holy Spirit. It is God who calls and then equips those who minister in this manner.
Men and women desiring to become Salvation Army officers must be born-again Christians, believe they are called to full-time ministry, be Salvation Army soldiers (members of the church) endorsed for officership and complete two years of training. They must be fully supportive of the ministry and doctrines of The Salvation Army. They must possess a sincere love for and understanding of people and be willing to work in demanding situations upon completion of their training.
Do you believe you have a call to officership?
Your corps officer can provide you with information, and assist you with the preparation and application process. If you reside in the North Western Division, contact your CO or Major Glad at DHQ or at glad.ljungholm@salvationarmy.org.uk
I’ve been in the ministry twenty-seven years now. I started preaching my first sermon while a sophomore in college. The vision began, however, at a Christian youth camp when I was sixteen. Never have I forgotten the vigor and enthusiasm of several voting ministers who at the time stimulated a burning and abiding idealism.
ReplyDeleteMy father died suddenly when I was eleven, and I was deeply impressed with what I can only call a “God-consciousness.” My attitude toward church became less casual. One summer the usual interests in sports and girls and the long hours of after-school work in a grocery store were capped by a special climax. In those depression days one week of camp in a rented fairgrounds was all either the church or the church families could afford. During such a week came my crucial decision. Standing alone under the stars on a warm, sweet summer night, I knew I had to
preach. Unsophisticated as it may sound, I was aflame with the desire to spend my life in sharing with all whom I could reach the transforming power of Christ that I had come to know.
USA
The Salvation Army in the UK thinks it can ignore responsibility about the malfeasance of its own people - Especially when the truth of a person's character is reported and ignored ...Caroline Brophy-Parkin (now of Hawick Corps, Scotland) destroyed an innocent person's property and slandered them while at her previous "envoy" post at Birkenhead, UK - For that, she's still allowed somehow to become and officer ...Is this the quality of people you purport to need? ...The insolent London bureaucracy including your new General Andre Cox don't want to acknowledge the TRUTH ...But the truth WILL be made known.
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