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.
Before going on to superstardom with the R&B/pop group New Edition, Ronnie DeVoe grew up poor in the housing projects of Boston’s South End. One of the constant positive influences in his life was a nearby Boys Club operated by The Salvation Army.
Lieutenant Tara Brown, Chris’s wife and partner in ministry says of the handgun incident, “Of course, the children were terrified. We were like, ‘This is not OK.’ They’re in elementary school.” Philadelphia is known as the “City of Brotherly Love,” but in recent years the homicide rate for certain neighborhoods tells a different story.
The Salvation Army Kids’ Café began at the Manchester, N.H., Citadel in 1994 as a place where 80–100 children and teens could find a warm meal each evening. The program has grown over the years to an attendance of around 130, four nights a week. Kids’ Club also gives children and teens a chance to interact with caring adults, who provide a place for them to learn and grow with the support of others.
Massood still tears up when he recounts last year’s harrowing struggle to get his family out of Afghanistan and into the United States. “It is very emotional to leave your home country,” he says with profound sadness. Massood worked with U.S. and Afghan military forces in his homeland, which made him a prime target of the murderous Taliban.
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