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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.
Booth Memorial Hospital is the name of any of the hospitals affiliated with The Salvation Army (TSA); the latter was "founded by William Booth in 1878." The first of these "opened Booth Memorial in Manhattan in 1914 and its center in Flushing in 1957." [1] [2] Salvation Army Booth Memorial Hospital is a longer name used for some of them.
A Salvation Army soldier who is undertaking training to become an officer at a Salvation Army college for officer training. One red bar (upon blue epaulet / UK - upon black epaulet) Varies. Envoy/Auxiliary-Lieutenant. Active. A non-commissioned officer who works for the Salvation Army in a ministry position.
The Salvation Army USA Central Territory is one of the four territories The Salvation Army is divided into within the US. [1] The Central Territory covers 11 states in the heart of the US, and is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The Central Territory is subdivided into 10 different divisions, [2] all under different leaders, each ...
Upon her death in 2003, Kroc bequeathed $1.5 billion (equivalent to $3 billion in 2023) to The Salvation Army solely for the purpose of establishing centers of opportunity, education, recreation and inspiration throughout the United States to be known as "Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Centers".
Volunteers of America ( VOA) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1896 that provides affordable housing and other assistance services primarily to low-income people throughout the United States. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, the organization includes 32 affiliates and serves approximately 1.5 million people each year in 46 states ...
The Salvation Army. A Salvation Army corps is a local church organization [1] and physical place of worship in The Salvation Army. Like the Christian term "church" a corps includes both the physical building and the body of members who attend at the building. [2] In keeping with Salvationist convention in using military terminology, corps are ...
According to The Salvation Army Year Book 2008 as of 1 January 2007 there are 360,222 junior soldiers and 1,082,166 senior soldiers in The Salvation Army. Additionally, in the 2010 Year Book numbers have increased - Junior Soldiers total 378,009 and Senior Soldiers total 1,122,326 internationally.