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A book detailing over 500 films in which the Salvation Army appears or is mentioned was published in 2020 entitled The Salvation Army at the Movies. [182] The Salvation Army began producing silent films when they started their own film studio called The Limelight Department in 1892, [183] which was the first in Australia. The original studio ...
The Christian Mission becomes The Salvation Army (May 1878). Salvation Army Social Campaign (1890) by William Booth. Having been founded as the East London Christian Mission in 1865, the name The Salvation Army developed from an incident in May 1878.
1883 – Salvation Army enters West Pakistan; [303] A.B. Simpson organizes The Missionary Union for the Evangelization of the World. The first classes of the Missionary Training College are held in New York City. Zaire Christian and Missionary Alliance mission field opens.
Many of the corps outside of New York were unaware of the controversy and continued to be loyal to Booth and the international Salvation Army. Moore's army was "The Salvation Army of America" and Moore styled himself as "General". [10] The International Salvation Army then sued in U.S. courts resulting in Moore's Army being renamed to American ...
When in 1896 an American break-away group led by her brother Ballington Booth and his wife Maud Ballington Booth attempted to tempt American Salvationists away from The Salvation Army and into a rival group called Volunteers of America, General Booth sent Evangeline to New York. When she arrived the doors to Army headquarters on 14th Street had ...
Lucy wrote the song "Keep on Believing" for the Salvation Army. In 1909 her husband died. For a brief time she was engaged to Commissioner Cornelius Obadiah Phelps, before her brother Bramwell ended it. She went on to become the territorial commander for Denmark, Norway, and South America, before retiring in 1934. [1]
Catherine Booth Hospital (CBH) is a hospital and nursing school run by the Salvation Army in Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. Catherine Booth House is a confidentially located domestic violence shelter in the Seattle/King County area. Operated by The Salvation Army, CBH has been serving battered women and their children since 1976.
Edward John Higgins (26 November 1864 – 14 December 1947) was the third General of The Salvation Army (1929–1934). He was born in Highbridge, Somerset, England. His father became a much revered Commissioner in the Army's ranks, and travelled extensively in the interests of the organisation. His mother died when he was 8 years of age.