Southport, Merseyside UK, 16th May, 2015. Abby Davies, 24 celebrating 150 years of the Salvation Army playing in the Citadel Band. 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of The Salvation Army which movement was started by pioneers William and Catherine Booth in the East End of London in 1865. The Salvation Army Southport corps invited Salvationists and others in fundraising, with a series of events in the town centre gardens and including massed choirs and a march.
The Salvation Army is a Christian organisation and part of the universal Christian Church. Its message and the lifestyle it advocates are based on the Bible's teaching. Its work is to make known the good news about Jesus Christ and to persuade people to become his followers. When The Salvation Army’s founder William Booth was told by his son about all the homeless people sleeping on the banks of the Thames, his response was simple: ‘Go and do something.’ That was in the middle of the nineteenth century. But today The Salvation Army’s philosophy is exactly the same. Ahead of their time, the Booths took an innovative approach by demonstrating their faith by offering practical support to people in need out on the streets of London and beyond. As social justice reformers, a large part of their focus was on caring for people in a practical way, and to reaching out to ‘the poor and destitute.’
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Location: Town Hall Gardens, Southport, Merseyside, UK
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