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Majors Steven and Melody Koehler
Corps Officers
Henry J. "Doc" Lang
Advisory Board Chairman
Janice Byrne
Advisory Board Secretary
Dennis Carr
Advisory Board Treasurer
2008 Advisory Board Members
John A. Anderson
Richard Foster
John Malkowski
Anne Nuckles
Vern Oie
Charles Peterson
Warren Swenson
Jim Whleer
2008 Corps Council Members
Tammy Gundlach
Major Mary Hammerly
Ron Hedgren
Belen Hood
Joan Kabichis
Rich Maier
Erik Olson
Dennis Ziegert
Tri-City Corps Staff
Chris Anderson-Wargo
Jennie Ziegert
Cathy Winters
Tammy Gundlach
Marian Cwick
Jonathan Taube
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Have you ever wondered about who founded the Salvation Army, the meaning behind The Red Shield or why members and Corps officers (Pastor) of the Salvation Army wear uniforms?
The Salvation Army's founder......
William Booth was born in 1829 in Nottingham England. At 13 he was
sent to work as an apprentice in a pawnbroker's shop to help support
his mother and sisters. Through that job, he became aware of poverty
and the associated humiliation and degradation. During those teen
years, he became a Christian and spent much of his spare time trying to
persuade other people to become Christians, too.
He subsequently moved to London where he joined the local
Methodist Church and became a minister. He married Catherine Mumford, a
girl his same age, in 1855 (she died in 1890); and he spent several
years as a Methodist minister...but he resigned.
In 1865, William Booth, an ordained Methodist minister, aided by his
wife Catherine, formed an evangelical group dedicated to preaching
among the "unchurched" people living in the midst of appalling poverty
in London's East End. Booth's ministry recognized the interdependence
of material, emotional and spiritual needs. In addition to preaching
the gospel of Jesus Christ, Booth became involved in the feeding and
shelter of the hungry and homeless and in rehabilitation of alcoholics.
Booth and his followers, originally known as The Christian Mission,
became The Salvation Army in 1878, when that organization evolved on a
quasi-military pattern. Booth became "the General" and officers' ranks
were given to his ministers.
The Salvation Amy has functioned successfully within that
unusual structure for more than a century. As of 2005, its outreach has
been expanded to include more than 100 countries, and the Gospel is
preached by its officers in more than 160 languages.
THE RED SHIELD....
The Red Shield has its origins in Salvation Army work during
wartimes. At the end of the 19th Century, Staff-Captain Mary Murray was
sent by William Booth to support British troops serving in the Boer War in South Africa.
Then, in 1901, this same officer was given the task of establishing the
Naval and Military League, the forerunner of the Red Shield Services.
Salvation Army officers serving in the Red Shield Services in
wartime performed many functions. The Doughnut Girls of World War I are
an early example, serving refreshments to troops in the trenches. They
also provided first aid stations, ambulances, chaplaincy, social clubs,
Christian worship and other frontline services.
This symbol is still used in Red Shield Services that serve the British Armed Forces,
but is widely used as a simpls, more readily identifiable, symbol in
many Salvation Army settings.
THE UNIFORM
Salvation Army officers and soldiers often wear uniform. The uniform
identifies the wearer as a salvationist and a Christian. It also
symbolises availability to those in need. The uniform takes many forms
internationally, but is characterised by the 'S' ingisnia for
'salvation, and carries the meaning 'Saved to Save'.
"... there is no reward equal to that of DOING THE MOST GOOD to the most people in the most need."
-- Evangeline Booth from The War Romance of the Salvation Army