BY ROBERT JEFFERY
These meetings are of such longstanding in our Eastern Territory that it’s tempting to take them for granted, or to think of them as just another event on the calendar. We know it simply as “O–O–B” and talk about it in such familiar ways. But the camp meetings at OOB did not come about just so people could have a fun beach vacation; it was a chosen location for people to gather and encounter the Holy Spirit.
BY ROB JEFFERY
...even as she prays, a well–aimed bottle strikes the trombone player. He rubs his head in pain. Despite the mob’s egging, no fists are raised in retaliation from the men and women in blue. Instead, the Salvationists form a circle and pray even more. This is what open–air ministry looked like in the early days. It is quite a contrast between then and now. Back then, open–air work was brutal. Yet, the Army was refined in those fires of persecution.
SACONNECTS magazine won the first-place “Award of Excellence” for denominational magazines in the United States at the Evangelical Press Association (EPA) annual conference in Lancaster, Pa., April 9-11. The magazine, which won the runner-up honors in the same category the year before, was competing in a field with about 40 other EPA-member denominational magazines.
BY RESA BERRY
If you had a car for your entire family and it was the only way to get to work, to church, to the grocery store, and to your children’s school activities, you would probably do everything in your power to ensure that car lasts. You would never disregard something so important to your livelihood. Your body is like that imaginary car. It’s your one vehicle for life, so in what ways can you care for the health of your “engine”?
by Rob Jeffery The year 1890 was a milestone in the history of The Salvation Army. It was, as Charles Dickens might say, “the best of times and the worst of times.”
by Robert Jeffery Looking back to the origins of The Salvation Army, many people are quick to point out that it wasn’t William Booth’s intention to start a church. This is an overstatement of the truth.
God had promised the Israelites the land of Canaan. He had already freed them from Egypt. So, what was there to fear? As I delved further, I correlated this story with my own life today.
BY MAJOR LAUREN HODGSON
The word Christmas can bring both great joy and a sense of trepidation at the same time. Why is that?
SAConnects magazine has won 13 Evangelical Press Association (EPA) awards for the 2021 publishing year. SAConnects has won 34 EPA awards since the magazine began seven years ago. It ranks among the top five denominational magazines in the U.S., which includes a field of 31 magazines.
BY MAJOR A. A. MARGARETA IVARSSON
Through the eyes of P.E.A.R.L. Essence Outreach, we learn to serve out of our experienced faith. We come face–to–face with trafficked survivors, who often define themselves as lost causes by default. Nonetheless, we convey that they are the crown of God’s creation; “Purposed, Empowered, Appreciated, Respected, and Loved” (P.E.A.R.L.). Surprisingly, they often already know that God loves them
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