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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Salvation Armynoun

    a charitable and religious organization to evangelize and to care for the poor and homeless

Wiktionary

  1. Salvation Armynoun

    A protestant Christian charitable and evangelical organization originally founded to help the poor of London

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  1. salvation army

    The Salvation Army is a worldwide Christian evangelical organization and charitable movement dedicated to supporting and helping those in need. It offers various services that include homeless shelters, disaster relief, providing support for children and families, elderly, and victims of human trafficking among others. The organization, founded in 1865 in London by William and Catherine Booth, emphasizes both spiritual and physical salvation, operates in numerous countries, and is recognized for its thrift stores and charity shops.

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  1. Salvation Army

    The Salvation Army is a Christian denomination and international charitable organisation organised in a quasi-military structure. The organisation reports worldwide membership of over 1.5 million, consisting of soldiers, officers and adherents known as Salvationists. Its founders William and Catherine Booth sought to bring salvation to the poor, destitute and hungry by meeting both their "physical and spiritual needs". It has a presence in 126 countries, running charity shops, operating shelters for the homeless, and providing disaster relief and humanitarian aid to developing countries. The theology of the Salvation Army is mainstream Methodist although it is distinctive in government and practice. The Army's doctrine follow mainstream Christian beliefs, and its articles of faith emphasise God's "saving purposes". Its objects are "the advancement of the Christian religion… of education, the relief of poverty, and other charitable objects beneficial to society or the community of mankind as a whole." The Army was founded in 1865 in London by one-time Methodist minister William Booth. Originally known as the North London Christian Mission, in 1878 Booth reorganized the mission, becoming its first General and introducing the military structure which has been retained to the present day. The current General of the Salvation Army is Linda Bond.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Salvation Army

    a modern religious organisation and propaganda, remarkable alike for its novel methods and phenomenal expansion; assumed its present quasi-military form in 1878, but is in reality the outgrowth of a mission founded in London in 1865 by the Rev. William Booth (q. v.), and nobly furthered by his wife. It is in essence a protest against the older conventional methods of propagating the Christian religion, and would seem by its remarkable success to have ministered to some latent and wide-spread need among the poorer classes. In 1895 it numbered 500,000 enrolled soldiers, 25,126 local officers, and 11,740 officers; these are spread over 35 countries. The members assume semi-military attire, march through the streets to the sound of musical instruments, displaying banners; but while these and other sensational devices bring its purposes home to the hearts of the people, its vitality rests upon the real spiritual devotion and self-sacrifice of its members. Various agencies of a more directly philanthropic kind (homes of rest, rescues, workshops, farms, etc.) have become attached to it, and are generously supported by the public. Funds are raised by means of the War Cry and other periodicals.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of salvation army in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of salvation army in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of salvation army in a Sentence

  1. Matt Krause:

    We want to make sure that if you give to the Salvation Army, you're not labeled bigoted or discriminatory.

  2. Kenneth Hodder:

    It would be no exaggeration to say that since the pandemic began in mid-March, Salvation Army has seen a tsunami of human need.

  3. Salvation Army volunteer Robert Cairncross:

    My principal aim is to bring the Gospel, and I think if you spread the Gospel, then only good comes out of what you do, i’m amazed at the generosity of the American people for people less fortunate than themselves. When you go back to the Salvation Army center and see the gifts they’ve given there, it’s amazing.

  4. Ron Busroe:

    We believe one of the main roles that the Salvation Army has in a disaster is emotional and spiritual care, we see that as a major part of our work.

  5. Salvation Army EMS:

    Those claims are false, and they distort the very goal of our work, the truth is that The Salvation Army believes that racism is fundamentally incompatible with Christianity, and we are called to work toward a world where all people are loved, accepted, and valued. Our positional statement on racism makes this clear.


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