Well done, good and faithful soldiers! We’ve passed the halfway mark of The Whole World Mobilising campaign and it has been amazing up to this point. It has been so exciting to see how Salvationists around the world have embraced this initiative and have been getting out there.

I recently read an article that suggests churches in North America are heading toward a pre-Reformation era form of worship, in which professional musicians perform in an unfamiliar language and the people are listeners and spectators. While this may be an extreme example, we should be careful to guard against a move in this direction.

"I can’t say what becoming a soldier will do for you,” says Matt Schnaider. “Soldiership is a personal commitment between you and your Saviour. No one can tell you when or why you should become a soldier or what will happen when you do. Only God can tell you that.”

The Salvation Army’s magazines and website won 24 awards at the Canadian Church Press Convention this year, held in Quebec City from June 20-23.

Most of us take for granted the opportunity to have a fun night out, share a laugh with our friends or even just hang out in our pyjamas at home. But for many marginalized women working in the sex industry, this isn’t their reality. This is why The Salvation Army in Winnipeg created SNOW Night.

Salvationists in the Quebec Division of the Canada and Bermuda Territory were greatly encouraged by the visit of General André Cox and Commissioner Silvia Cox (World President of Women’s Ministries) in July. The four-day trip included tours of Salvation Army facilities, meetings with local government officials and a well-attended service at Montreal Citadel—the highlight of the trip.

In mid-April, Sarah Bessey, author of Jesus Feminist, started a Twitter conversation that quickly went viral, under the hashtag #ThingsOnlyChristianWomenHear.

(Above) Left to right: Sherry Gambin Walsh, member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Legislative Assembly, Placentia-St. Mary’s; Premier Dwight Ball; Major John Goulding; MP Seamus O’Regan; and Ken MacDonald, member of Parliament, AvalonOn June 30, the Honourable Dwight Ball, premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, announced that the governments of

"Would you like to buy some Hope Soap?” 12-year-old Warren Butler asked his friends and family. “I’m going to donate the money I raise to the Autism Society of Newfoundland and Labrador.”

I am a Canadian. I am a Salvationist. While there is much more that makes up my identity, these two realities impact me deeply. And they impact each other. Canada has shaped my life as a Salvationist; The Salvation Army has shaped my life as a Canadian. Let me explain.