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All bandsmen and women are actively involved in their local Salvation Army Corps, many holding leadership positions. They give their time freely to this additional ministry. The members of the band are drawn from Salvation Army centres as far afield as Kettering, Manchester, Bristol, Norwich and Birmingham. While based in the UK, the band has ...
The International Staff Songsters (ISS) is the principal choir of the Salvation Army. [1] [2] Based in London, UK, the group performs Christian choral music in concerts, [3] worship services and television [4] and radio [5] [6] [7] broadcasts, and has recorded more than 50 albums since its inauguration.
Traditionally many corps buildings are alternatively called temples or citadels, such as Openshaw Citadel. [3] The Salvation Army also uses the more traditional term "church" for some local congregations and their buildings. Corps are usually led by an officer or married officer couple, who fulfil the role of a pastor [4] in other
From its beginnings in Adelaide the Salvation Army spread rapidly and soon reached Victoria where the first corps in the state was opened in December 1882 at North Melbourne. By 1890, just 10 years after the first meeting in Adelaide, there were 255 corps and 419 outposts throughout Australia, manned by 747 officers, mostly "home-grown".
A Salvation Army citadel (Corps) with a charity shop attached, in Worthing, West Sussex. The official mission statement reads: The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God.
The Salvation Army is the debut album by The Salvation Army, released in 1982. [2] In the summer of 1982, legal problems with the actual Salvation Army forced the band to change their name. [ 3 ] The chosen name, "The Three O'Clock," came from the time of day the band rehearsed.
Salvation Army musicians have some common characteristics - almost all Salvation Army bands have standards such as those listed below. The musician must be a member, in good standing, of a corps. In most cases, the individual must be enrolled as a soldier. Youth bands usually require that members attend a corps regularly and be of the proper age.
In 1980, Bulla became a staff arranger for The President's Own Marine Corps Band in Washington, DC, and then later chief arranger. Bulla held this position until 2010, composing music for the Marine band, which performed at White House events, including presidential inaugurations, state funerals, and state visits .