There was a moment in William Booth’s life when he was still a young man. This moment defined the rest of his life. If William Booth had chosen differently then the world would have been a very different place. He had to decide between becoming a political activist, or becoming an evangelist. The young Booth…
Sometimes, things happen which have unexpected consequences. The Salvation Army’s work, particularly that of Bramwell Booth, in seeking to raise the age of consent for women in the UK indirectly led to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde. The Reformation of Manners In the middle of the nineteenth century, a popular movement for the reformation of…
The Salvation Army is a holiness movement. It’s radical commitment to sanctification as the privilege of every believer has impacted it’s emphasis on the Priesthood of all Believers. Introduction and Context The Salvation Army has historically understood itself as a movement of saved and sanctified people committed to a world war against evil to usher…
William Thomas Stead (1849-1912) was a somewhat unlikely ally of the early Salvation Army. But without the influence and support of Stead, it would have been far more difficult for the Army to gain the popular approval with which it entered the 20th century. W. T. Stead’s Early Life Stead was born in Northumberland; his…