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Date Posted: 27/12/09 4:23:57pm
Author: Peter Eveleigh
Subject: Salvation Army
In reply to: Rina 's message, "Warning to Jesus Army" on 27/12/09 2:52:15pm

Hi Rina
I was thinking something similar when I heard a Radio 4 programme on the Salvation Army, where they talked to a young bloke who had been put up by them and got back on his feet after 13 years on the street. He talked about the love he had experienced and the practical kindness, etc, and was then asked about religion, and it was almost as if the question caught the man unawares.

A SA captain was asked about this and she talked about how they don't preach at people but instead let their work be a testimony.

She was asked how they expected to grow the army if they did not more actively recruit among the people they touched. And she said something about saving souls being God's domain and people choosing if they wanted to be part of the church.

I felt that spoke volumes.

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