...Abstract Introduction The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible and its ministry is motivated by the love of God. The mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. (The Salvation Army 2003) The Salvation Army is funded by donations and voluntary support. The national headquarters is located in Alexandria, Virginia, while London serves as the site of its international headquarters. It is organized using a military model, following a similar chain of command, including military titles for personnel, local bands, and banners. While these officers are necessary, committed volunteers are also essential to the success of this extensive ministry and its programs. Historical Roots In 1865, the Salvation Army was founded in London by William Booth, an English Methodist minister. First known as the "Christian Mission" to provide social welfare assistance to the residents of urban slums and save them from their sinful lifestyles of prostitution, gambling, and drunkenness, it was renamed in 1878. Military ranks and titles were assigned according to their responsibilities. His wife, Catherine, was co-founder. The "soldiers" preached openly in the streets. They promoted high ideals of service and commitment. Importance of the Salvation Army The Salvation Army is currently active in ninety-eight countries, using...
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...The Salvation Army The Salvation Army is a Christian Charity Organization with programs that include international aid, assistance to children and families and disaster relief. The mission statement reads, “The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the Universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs without discrimination.”(the salvation army history, n.d.) In 1852 William Booth started his ministry career in London, England, taking the message of Jesus Christ to the people face to face. He left the church and the pulpit and began traveling as an independent evangelist. Booth became a well known religious leader with a dedication to fight for the souls of men and women. Some of his first and foremost converts to Christianity were thieves, prostitutes, gamblers and drunks. The converts became soldiers for Christ, known then and now as “Salvationists”. The Salvation Army moved into the United States in 1878 and began an evangelist crusade there. By 1886 the Salvation Army was located in 13 states across the United States. “The Salvation Army movement quickly expanded into Canada, Australia, France, Switzerland, India, South Africa, Iceland, and local neighborhood units.” (the salvation army history, n.d.) The Salvation Army is active in every corner of the world. The Salvation...
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...Enlist in the Salvation Army Many people want to help their community, but are unsure of how to get involved. Choosing an organization that shares one’s beliefs and morals will optimize the volunteering experience. The Salvation Army is an extremely well-known organization; it is known for the charitable deeds and events it hosts to help people in need. It is also widely known to be a Christianity-based charity, and it highly esteemed for the standards that it holds to. There are Salvation Army locations across the nation, and each one is always looking for new volunteers. Whether it is feeding the homeless, clothing giveaways, or raising money and awareness for an illness, the Salvation Army is an amazing thing to be a part of. This organization...
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...The Salvation Army Week4TeamC Ethics and Social Responsibilities 17 June 2013 Professor Ward Scheitrum The Salvation Army The Salvation Army’s duty to the community stems back in history. In, 1852, William Booth started his ministerial profession, desiring to win over the hearts and minds of England and bring them to Christ. He would walk the streets of London as an advocate for the gospel of Jesus Christ and would primarily focus his messages to the needy. He disagreed with the ideas of the stance that the churches of London took. He decided to take his idea to the people, instead of fighting the church. His commitment led to the disagreement with the religious leaders, who believed in the teachings of the churches beliefs. He decided to leave the church because of that reason and toured across England, to establish meetings in order to gain substantial like minded believers. This essay keys in on a few important points, such as; influences of the organization’s social commitment, social responsibility, and their potential moral and ethical effects on the world today. What many people do not know is that the Salvation Army is motivated by the Christian church. The Salvation Army improves the quality of life and to meet the needs of those less fortunate regardless of religious preference or any other bias. They are here to help but their main focus and social initiative is to spread the word of God and to help others in his name. This is their...
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... The Salvation Army was found by William Booth and his co-founder, his wife, Catherine. Booth started his career in ministry in 1852, longing to win the misplaced persons to Christ. He preached the gospel of Jesus Christ to the poor, homeless, and hungry walking the streets of London. Booth abandoned the conventional concept of church and began taking his message straight to the people. In 1865, Booth was invited to hold a series of meetings in the East End of London and his services became an instant success. This was an end to his wandering and traveling evangelist. He was known as a religious leader throughout London and he attracted individuals that were dedicated to fight for the souls of the women and men. Some of Booth’s first congregation was thieves, prostitutes, gamblers, and drunks. His mission was to lead people to Christ and link them to a church for their future spiritual guidance. Many churches did not accept Booth’s followers because of their past. He continued to give guidance and encouraged his followers to help others in need. In 1874 Booth had over 1,000 full time workers, including volunteers and nearly 50 evangelists, all serving under the name “The Christian Mission”. Booth read over a printer’s proof for the annual report of 1878 and noticed the statement “The Christian Mission is a volunteer army”. He crossed out the words “volunteer army” and wrote in “Salvation Army”. From these words the basis of The Salvation Army started The...
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............................. 6 Recommendations..................................................................... 8 Conclusion.................................................................................. 8 References.................................................................................. 9 Appendix...................................................................................10 Executive Summary: The report is on oragnisation which is not for profit in market. So, we have chosen Salvation Army as our report topic because it has successfully running in market and it’s very well known as worldwide plus this is based on not profit business. Also, The Army is welfare social association in business world. The given report emphasize on the interviewing of either KT or IT manager to know that person ideal knowledge sharing and transfer platform. the empirical research done it basically begin with the overview of salvation army about history and work giving base idea of this terms outlining the specifications of this tools in business process, proceeding with detailed description of the terms of knowledge management orientation and analysis of KM and collaborative platform leading to brief discussion on the knowledge management among the bill jones interview by our group partner Milica. The picture of oragnisation structure is illustrating the relationship among the internal and external group that how they are connected within the...
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...ethos, pathos, and logos. The Salvation Army are known for using modes of persuasion to gather community involvement and awareness. The Salvation Army was founded in London, United Kingdom by Catherine and William Booth in 1865, originally known as East London Christian Mission. (The Salvation Army). The Salvation Army is an international charitable nonprofit organization...
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...Volunteering lets a person gain new experiences and learn new skills when helping those in need or serving their community. A volunteer is when a person freely offers to doing something. Being a volunteer can benefit and impact their life in many ways. Volunteering is a wonderful thing to do for the community and others. Volunteering is a civic responsibility that a person should take on as a United Sates citizen. The Salvation Army is one of many organization that he/she can volunteer through. Angel Tree is one of the multiple programs that the Salvation Army offers that a person can volunteer through. Salvation Army is a non-profit organization that anyone can volunteer through. It is a Christian company that operates around the United States...
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...obtain the power of respect and control. It can buy a person anything they want, including relationships. Women are always interested in wealthy men to live a luxurious life. Money can be great, however if not careful, theft could occur and can leave the wealthy individual with nothing. Weapons can be used in many ways to help contain order and can protect a person’s life. However, weapons can be a problem because a person can feel too powerful owning a weapon and can harm others in a negative way. Money and Weapons are a means of maintaining salvation. In Major Barbara, the opening scene involves Lady Britomart informing her son Stephen that he is responsible enough to handle the affairs of the family. Both of Lady Britomarts daughters will be married, however her money cannot support every household. The first sister Sarah’s fiancé, Lomax, will obtain a trust fund at the age of 35. The other sister Barbara is a member of the Salvation Army and is together with a man named Adolphus Cusins. The family will meet with the father and military...
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...involved in service learning. My initial reaction was skepticism and anxiety. Then I embarked on the research and went to Salvation Army. Based on my research, I think that service learning is a program where students are involved in different activities which are mainly focused on local needs and at the same time developing their academic skills and commitment to the society. I went to Salvation Army which is located on 8145 Highway 6 S, Houston Tx 77083 and interviewed an Office Manager by the name of Quinta Johnson. At first I was nervous but she was very receptive and was willing to have me interview her after telling her the purpose of my visit. Based on the questions I asked her, I received a lot of information about this nonprofit organization. Salvation Army is a nonprofit organization and partly a church. It was established to help the less fortunate, the poor and homeless people, drugs and alcohol addicts by providing financial assistance, housing, rehabilitation and counseling. It does this so that those people in need do not waste away or indulge in any criminal activities. While it provides the assistance, the members spread the Word of God. It also organizes youth and adult programs where they teach on moral issues. Salvation Army goes international as well, they are in Canada, countries in Europe, Africa and South America. The Salvation Army has 10 full time employees, 6 part time and hundreds of volunteers from the whole of Houston who come to donate food, clothes...
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...expected outcomes 5. Appendix A – Letter of approval from Community Shelter/NGO/etc Objective(s) of the project The objective of this project is support The Salvation Army of Singapore, Malaysia and Myanmar Territory by donating pre-loved items or new items to any of their centres in Malaysia. We aid by helping them in collection of books and cloths so that their social enterprise arm, the Family Thrift Stores, would be able to process the donated items and retails those that are in good conditions at their stoners which is located in Penang, Ipoh, Melaka and Kuching at affordable prices. The funds that were generated from the selling of their stores will then be used to help them in their community project and work which include donations towards oversea disasters. We strictly aim to help their service centre in Ipoh because it is nearer as we students have difficulties regarding transportation. The collectable items will then be taken to the Ipoh drop off points where it will be given away to needy families in Ipoh area each month. The remaining items are then sold in the store. The profits from these sales will help the funding of this organization’s work in Malaysia. Background of the service recipients and their needs (relate to your project objectives) Name of the service recipients: The Salvation Army (Singapore, Malaysia and...
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...One of his drivers asked 2 weeks off to take care of a ailing family member. But the company rules said that this driver was not eligible. If Colvard went by the book, the driver may eventually take the days off anyway and be fired. On the other hand Colvard chose to give the driver the time off. Although, he took some heat for the decision, he also kept a valuable employee. Had the Colvard been faced with same decision 6 months earlier, he says he would have gone the other way. What changed his thinking was a month he spent in McAllen, Texas. It was a part of UPS management training experience called the Community Internship Program (CIP). During this month in McAllen, Colvard built housing for the poor, collected clothing for the Salvation army, and worked in a drug rehab center. Colvard gives the program credit for helping him empathize with employees facing crisis back home. And he says CIP has made him a better manager. “My goal was to make the numbers, and in some cases that meant not looking at the individual but at the bottom line. After that 1 month stay, I immediately started reaching out to people in a different way.” CIP was established by UPS to help open the eyes of company’s predominantly white managers to the poverty and inequality in many cities. Today, the program takes 50 of the company’s most promising executives each summer and brings them to cities around the country. There they deal with a variety of problems from transportation to housing, education...
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...for a beer and the men immediately give one to him. As Yank and the men drink, Yank remains in control as the leader of the group. Yank and the men joke about thinking as they drink. Yank, in a joke repeated during the play, tells the men to be quiet because he is trying to "tink." The men mockingly repeat after him, "think" and then erupt into a chorus of "Drink, don't think!" Cutting through the general mayhem, a drunken tenor sings a tune about his lass at home. Talk of home outside the ocean liner infuriates Yank and he tells the tenor to be quiet. Long, quite drunk, stands up and makes a Marxist speech, preaching to the men that if the ship is home, their home is hell and the Upper Class put them there. Yank tells him to join the Salvation Army and get a soapbox. Paddy, a wise, older fireman tells the men that life on an Ocean Liner is hell by comparison to his life on a Clipper Ship. Paddy reminisces about the freedom he enjoyed, the purpose he had and skill for which he was valued. Yank tells Paddy that he is dead, "living in the past of dreams" and glorifies his own job as the strength of the ship's speed and...
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... 2015 Business Research Ethics 2 The Salvation Army It is an international, nonprofit, religious organization. It is committed to helping the less fortunate and help by giving assistance to the very needed. They focus on helping people to change their way of life. An English Methodist minister by the name of William Booth founded the Salvation Army in 1865. The Salvation Army was first known as the “ Christian Mission “ that would help with issues like social welfare for the people who lived in the Urban slums. Their mission was to help with prostitution, alcoholism, gambling and other things that put people in the situations like homelessness. Catherine Booth the wife of William was the co-founder. The first international site for the Salvation Army which was in New York City was led by seven women and George Scott Railton. The Salvation Army has many people pay their electric bills, water bills, and providing ways for the homeless to eat and to have a place to stay on those cold winter nights. Coat drives have held by the Salvation Army. Along with military the Salvation Army make sure that the less fortunate children have a toy for...
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...The Salvation Army is the largest non-governmental direct provider of social services in the country. The Salvation Army Thrift Stores are dedicated to raise money for its rehabilitation programs by selling donated used items such as clothing, housewares, and toys at a cheaper price for those in need (“History,” 2016). Like many other thrift stores, The Salvation Army thrift stores suffer from the increasing problem of waste disposal due to unwanted donations. While most people drop off easily sellable items, some donors are treating the thrift stores like garbage dumps, which forces the Salvation Army to pay huge amounts of money to dump its garbage. This has become a frustrating issue for the company as it decreases the support for the mission directed activities. To determine the best possible...
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