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The International Headquarters of the Salvation Army (IHQ) is located in London at 101 Queen Victoria Street. It is six stories tall and has 34,861 square feet of office space. [1] The current IHQ building is the third to have been built on the site, which has been used by the Salvation Army for its headquarters since 1881
William Booth College on Champion Park, Denmark Hill in the London Borough of Southwark, is the headquarters of The Salvation Army leadership and officer training which delivers education and training programmes for the United Kingdom. Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the college is a memorial to William Booth.
The Regent Hall is a Salvation Army centre on London's Oxford Street. It is one of the oldest centres in London [1] having been founded by the founder of the army, William Booth in 1882. [2] The church is known as the "Rink", because it was formerly a skating rink. [2]
This is also where the Inner London Sessions House, a Crown Court, and the Newington Court Business Centre are located. The Institute of Optometry, formerly the London Refraction Hospital, is at 56–62 Newington Causeway. [3] The Salvation Army UK and Republic of Ireland headquarters occupy a large building at 101 Newington Causeway. [4]
The Salvation Army was founded in London's East End in 1865 by one-time Methodist Reform Church minister William Booth and his wife Catherine Booth as the East London Christian Mission, [1]: 21 and this name was used until 1878. [1]: 5 The name "The Salvation Army" developed from an incident on 19 and 20 May 1878.
In 2004, he was returned to the United Kingdom territory this time as Territorial Commander until, at the Army's 16th High Council held at Sunbury Court, Sunbury-on-Thames, London, he became General-elect of The Salvation Army on 28 January 2006, taking office in succession to General John Larsson on 2 April 2006.
William Booth Memorial Training College in Denmark Hill, London, the College for Officer Training of The Salvation Army in the United Kingdom, is named after him, [24] as is the William Booth Primary School in his native Nottingham and William Booth Lane in central Birmingham. Many Salvation Army training colleges, schools, orphanages ...
The Salvation Army, Twickenham is a Salvation Army church on May Road, Twickenham TW2 6QW [1] in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its facilities include a community centre, part-funded by a housing association , Thames Valley Housing (TVH); the centre opened in 2014.