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17 October 2016 Share FaceBook Twitter Icon Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print “For 15 years, The Salvation Army has had the incredible joy and privilege of journeying with and being a part community transformation in this special neighbourhood,” said Nathan Moulds, Mission Leader, with Karen Moulds, at Macquarie Park Mission, Sydney.

2 November 2017 Share FaceBook Twitter Icon Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print “How do we face the future with courage? How do we face it together?” Those are the questions being asked by The Salvation Army’s Nathan and Karen Moulds and fellow residents of Ivanhoe Estate in the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Park as they prepare for forced relocation.

Share FaceBook Twitter Icon Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print Thousands of Australians tuned into the Lifestyle Channel’s Selling Houses Australia earlier this month to watch a Salvation Army property in inner-Sydney being renovated and sold to raise money for the organisation’s work with people experiencing homeless. Jess, one of the stars of the show, tells her story. I grew up in a very loving home but, with an alcoholic father, life was tough at times.

You are here: Home › Salvation Stories › God Filled The Huge Void In My Life Share FaceBook Twitter Icon Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print The minute I tried alcohol, I thought I’d found the answer to my problems. I felt immense warmth and relief and all my burdens and pain became a distant memory. I was only 12, attending a party in a local park, the first of many parties like this over the next few years.

Share FaceBook Twitter Icon Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print How well do you know The Salvation Army world? This month, our Global Focus column highlights the mission of The Salvation Army in Sri Lanka The Sri Lanka Territory is part of the South Asia Zone of The Salvation Army and its headquarters is in the capital, Colombo. The territory contains two divisons (Rambukkana and Western), two Districts (Kandy and Northern) and two Sections (Eastern and Southern).

11 May 2016 Share FaceBook Twitter Icon Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print The raising of four flags outside The Salvation Army’s new Australia Eastern Territorial Headquarters last month was part of a series of ceremonies marking the move from the Elizabeth St building, in Sydney’s CBD, to the Redfern centre.

Share FaceBook Twitter Icon Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print Salvation Army history books are overflowing with tales of hardship and heroic acts by its officers. A century ago, being a Salvation Army officer was often “hard yakka”, and despite today’s officers facing different challenges, their missional heart has stood the test of time. An excerpt from an 1893 War Cry report by two young Salvation Army officers – Captain E. A.

Share FaceBook Twitter Icon Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print Just three years after The Salvation Army began in Australia, moves were made to train new officers. In the early 1880s, a small training centre was set up in a corner shop in Adelaide, and cadets in Sydney were taught from a room at headquarters. The first dedicated training centre was established in South Melbourne in June 1883, and by March 1888 a new men’s training school was opened in Punt Rd, Richmond.

29 February 2016 Share FaceBook Twitter Icon Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print Everywhere you look in The Salvation Army, you see God’s miracles. Look at Simon Adamo. Simon is one of God’s miracles of the 21st century. Simon was raised by immigrant parents in Sydney’s inner western suburbs in the 1960s. As a child, he was full of hate for a world which bullied him and called him “a wog” because of his Italian parentage.

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