Major Irene Mathison is an officer in The Salvation Army’s Norway, Iceland and Færoes Territory. Currently, she is deployed as a member of the movement’s international emergency services team to Romexpo, a large conferencing and exhibition centre in the Romanian capital, Bucharest. This arena has become the city’s major hub with 2,000 emergency beds and an array of support services, free food and clothing. The Salvation Army was the first non-governmental organization to partner with the city authorities and has taken a major role in assisting the hundreds of refugees that pass through each day. Major Mathison spoke to David Giles about her experiences.

Diane Stark's son's actions reminded her how God's actions at Easter set them both free.

International Headquarters approves new executive appointments.

As we continue our spiritual life series, Laura Rowsell explores the second element of our CHRIST-centred, OTHERS-focused framework: H for Holy God: how the God we worship has revealed himself, how he can be known and how he is set apart as the one true God.

Kirill turned 21 days old the day he crossed the Ukrainian-Romanian border through Siret customs. He was born on March 2, 2022, in the northern region of Kyiv, Vyshorod, in the bunker of a local hospital. 

In the story of Lazarus, which appears in John’s Gospel just before the death and Resurrection of Jesus, we see that tension between pain and promise, and find reassurance that life does, in fact, prevail.

A bunny-ear project in three easy steps.

This communique is the first in a series of updates that will be shared about the relocation of The Salvation Army’s College for Officer Training (CFOT) to Toronto beginning in September 2023. While current training will not be disrupted, this will be a transition year. Our current campus-based cadets in the Reflectors of Holiness Session will remain in Winnipeg to complete their training program. Campus-based training will commence in Toronto in 2023.

I continue to be amazed that God would choose me—a person who used to try to turn Christians from their faith—to now preach and share the wonderful gospel of Jesus Christ. 

Grandmother’s baskets and treat bags have brought joy for 20 years.