This summer, John Lam retires after 30 years of ministry with the Canadian Staff Band, including 17 years as bandmaster.

Toronto’s Scarborough Citadel was filled with the iconic sounds of The Salvation Army—brass music, singing, clapping and a timbrel brigade—as the territory celebrated the ordination and commissioning of the Champions of the Mission on June 21. Officers, Salvationists, College for Officer Training (CFOT) faculty, friends and family witnessed the

For Mulky Liban, the journey to Canada was a chance for a new beginning. At six years old, her family fled war and conflict in Somalia, but even in South Africa, their security was still not guaranteed. “It was also not safe in South Africa,” she recalls. “When I was almost 18, I was left alone with no siblings, and I was seeking a place to

What happens when a good person does something that seems unforgivable? That’s the question Tom King’s family faced on an early morning last fall as Tom was dying in a hospital room in Akron, Ohio, after he was hit on his motorcycle by a pickup truck. Would they respond in anger? Or with mercy?

In the first article of this four-part series on generation Z and Jesus, we considered the overall landscape of the different generations in our churches today: from baby boomers to generation X to millennials. Now we turn our attention to the star of our discussion: gen Z. But before we look more closely at young adults and faith, we need to

Memories of ordination and commissioning.

We sometimes hear that the family is the basic unit of society, that villages and cities are made up of households, and so forth. The logic may seem intuitive because it has been repeated by philosophers since at least Aristotle. But both Jesus and Paul acknowledge more complicated realities in the community of Christ-followers.

The Salvation Army in North Bay, Ont., marked the grand opening of its new facility with a weekend of celebration and community events, while also commemorating 130 years of service in the city. Weekend festivities commenced on Friday, March 28, with a ribbon cutting and open house, inviting people to tour the facility. On Saturday, the church

As a woman living in Iran, Zara was persecuted and prevented from working or pursuing higher education. Fleeing the troubles in her homeland, she  arrived at The Salvation Army’s Florence Booth House in 2022. " I didn’t know anything about The Salvation Army, but now that I do, I think it is very good and supportive," she says.

Behind the Wall, owned by Andrew Russell, works closely with The Salvation Army’s housing and outreach teams to address homelessness across the city by creating stable, subsidized housing opportunities. This collaboration has created a brighter future for more than 150 previously unhoused individuals, helping them transition into safe, reliable housing while offering a fresh start to life.