Nestled in the woods off a rural road in Warren, Conn., is a simple monument marking the birthplace of the Rev. Charles Finney, known as the “Father of Modern Revivalism.” A plaque is imbedded in the stone that was erected by Ohio’s Oberlin College, where Finney served as president.
Betty Lou, a fourth–generation Salvationist, had just finished teaching Sunday school at The Salvation Army West Park Corps in Cleveland, Ohio. On that August morning, she was in the holiness meeting when she got a call from a neighbor. Betty Lou was stunned to learn that the house she and her husband moved into as teens, and had lived in for 48 years, was on fire. The congregation stopped the service to pray. Then the Hruskas rushed to their house to find it fully engulfed in flames.
“I am not supposed to be here. When I woke up, even though it was a stressful situation, I remember being at peace and having this sense that God was with me,” Correa recalls. “From that moment on, I have been on a journey towards better health. It was a rude awakening and I think God used that to bring me closer to His presence.”
A light snow falls as seniors in Kingston, N.Y., struggle to pull their personal shopping carts along a small road, leading to a Hannaford supermarket, a 3–mile round trip, in search of healthy food.
It was just before 9 p.m. on Feb 3 when a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying toxic materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Thousands were evacuated and The Salvation Army in Salem, Ohio, sprang into action.
The revival fires of the Second Great Awakening broke out in Kentucky in the early 1800s and another movement of the Holy Spirit began on February 8 at Asbury College in Wilmore, Ky.
In 2019, The Salvation Army Old Orchard Beach Camp Meetings were in full swing, but Benji Sawyer was drunk again. He was so intoxicated, police told him that, if he got back on his bike he would be arrested.
The truth is, I was naïve about how poor some people around the world are. Witnessing unimaginable poverty for the first time, I ended up with tears in my eyes more than once.
“When I was at camp, I would be with the teenagers, teaching and hanging out, and everyone thought I was their age, until I showed them my ID,” Douglas recalls.
The Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program provided Christmas gifts for Beauty queen Sandahl Taylor’s children during tough times. Today, she is returning the love to other children in need.
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