Dear Fellow Salvationists, I write in the Name of Jesus to greet and encourage you. Here in London we are in the late weeks of the Autumn season, but the weather is unusually mild just now and we can venture out of doors, without the need for heavy clothing, to enjoy the falling leaves as the trees turn golden brown. The children walk and skip to school with a carpet of fallen leaves beneath … [Read more...]
Hope
General Shaw Clifton’s 22nd Pastoral Letter
November 29, 2010 by General Shaw Clifton 1 Comment
Gratitude (2)
General Shaw Clifton’s 21st Pastoral Letter
October 4, 2010 by General Shaw Clifton 2 Comments
Dear Fellow Salvationists, Once more it is my great honour and privilege to be in touch with you through a Pastoral Letter. Commissioner Helen Clifton joins me in sending greetings to you just where you are, thanking God for your fidelity to the gospel and for your service in his great Army of Salvation. I am writing this Letter from my office in our home because recently I have undergone … [Read more...]
Counting
General Shaw Clifton’s 19th Pastoral Letter
May 31, 2010 by General Shaw Clifton Leave a Comment
Dear Fellow Salvationists, This 19th Pastoral Letter comes to each of you with warmest good wishes and greetings in the Lord Jesus Christ. As I prepare this Letter in an upstairs room in my home in London, England, I look out to see the green and blossoming evidence of late spring. The trees are suddenly abundant in leaf. The sky is lighter and the days grow longer. We discern the hand of … [Read more...]
Living the Holy Life
General Shaw Clifton challenges Salvationists not to neglect their holiness roots
April 28, 2010 General Shaw Clifton interviewed by John McAlister 1 Comment
As the world leader of The Salvation Army, General Shaw Clifton gives overall direction, develops international policy and ensures the integrity of the Movement. Together with his wife, Commissioner Helen Clifton, World President of Women’s Ministries, General Clifton travels worldwide to visit countries where The Salvation Army is active, providing encouragement and inspiration to his fellow … [Read more...]
Unity
General Shaw Clifton’s 18th Pastoral Letter
April 13, 2010 by General Shaw Clifton Leave a Comment
Dear Fellow Salvationists, This eighteenth Letter comes to you with warmest greetings in the Lord Jesus Christ. You are constantly in my prayers. Prayer unites us before the Throne of Grace. We are bonded in prayer. Please continue to pray for me – for wisdom and for constant guidance from Almighty God. My wife and I, ably supported by my Private Secretary, Major Richard Gaudion, have … [Read more...]
Beginnings
General Shaw Clifton’s 17th Pastoral Letter
January 26, 2010 by General Shaw Clifton Leave a Comment
Dear Fellow Salvationists, Through this first Pastoral Letter of 2010 I greet you warmly in the sacred name of Jesus. In these opening weeks of the New Year I lift you up to God in prayer. May the Divine Presence be very real to each one of you at this time of new beginnings. May you sense the Lord's nearness day by day, moment by moment. The theme of this 17th Pastoral Letter is … [Read more...]
Heaven
General Shaw Clifton’s 16th Pastoral Letter
November 23, 2009 by General Shaw Clifton 2 Comments
Dear Fellow Salvationists, I send warmest greetings in Christ to my fellow believers across the globe and especially to my fellow Salvationists in the 118 lands into which God has led us. Thank you for your fidelity to the cause of the gospel. We remember you daily in prayer. Thank you for your faithful prayers for me and for Commissioner Helen Clifton. We need these prayers. They sustain us … [Read more...]
Created in His Image: Victims of Sex Trafficking
Salvationist Joshua Ivany writes song to support the Army’s weekend of prayer
September 10, 2009 Leave a Comment
Joshua Ivany has written a theme song to be used during the More Precious Than Silver campaign taking place September 25-27. This weekend of prayer is held annually to support victims of human sex trafficking. Click here for more information on this campaign. Click here to download the lead sheet and/or the MP3. … [Read more...]
Family
General Shaw Clifton’s 15th Pastoral Letter
August 25, 2009 by General Shaw Clifton 1 Comment
Dear Fellow Salvationists, You are lifted to the Throne of Grace in prayer daily. Prayer is a recurring miracle that gives us direct access to our Maker and which bonds together those who trust in Jesus as their Saviour. In my last Pastoral Letter (Letter Fourteen) I requested your prayers for the International Conference of Leaders. Now I record my deepest thanks to you for supporting this … [Read more...]
Leaders
General Shaw Clifton’s 14th Pastoral Letter
June 2, 2009 by General Shaw Clifton Leave a Comment
Dear Fellow Salvationists, This Pastoral Letter comes to you with my warmest greetings in the Lord Jesus Christ and with my prayers for each of you. The Lord is using the Army in wonderful ways. We seek to be faithful to the divine impulse to go out into the world representing Jesus Christ to all we meet. My constant prayer for you is that God will use you, just as he uses all who are faithful … [Read more...]
