This spring, Simone Worthing, editor of the Australian Salvos Magazine, and her husband, Cliff, spent four weeks travelling across Ukraine, supporting Salvation Army churches and community ministry in different regions of the country. Along the way, they met Salvation Army workers, volunteers and people living through the conflict, an experience they have now witnessed firsthand. Here, she reflects on what she saw in this beautiful country under siege. 

Some places and holidays stay with us long after we leave. For many young people, camp is more than just a week away from home. It can be a place of belonging, encouragement, courage and faith. In this personal reflection, Riley Hobbs, a member of The Salvation Army’s International Children and Youth Advisory Group, shares how camping ministries shaped his own relationship with God and why he believes their impact can last a lifetime.

Meaningful inclusion goes beyond participation. It’s about creating spaces where survivors can contribute, shape direction and be trusted as partners in the mission.

At the Army’s Whitby Community Church in Ontario, family was not a slogan but a practice.

The Cadets’ Cookery Notes is an example of informational booklets created and distributed to cadets at the International Training College/Garrison in London, England. Other booklets, to name just a few, included Outlines of Cadets’ Lessons in Orders and Regulations, Outlines of Cadets’ Bible Lessons, Summary of Cadets’ Doctrine Lessons and

I had always known there would be a day when the call came. It didn’t haunt me or play out dramatically in my imagination—it simply felt like an unwelcome guest that had already visited my family too many times.

Food insecurity is on the rise across the Canada and Bermuda Territory, and The Salvation Army is well-positioned to assist through its food banks—but the ministry goes far beyond just sharing food. With 220 community services locations in the territory, food banks are one of the first ways that the Army connects with individuals and families in

On the final day of the Jesus Our Compass tour, managing editor Kristin Ostensen sat down with General Lyndon Buckingham and Commissioner Bronwyn Buckingham, international leaders of The Salvation Army, to talk about the tour, God’s faithfulness in their lives and their final message for Salvationists in Canada and Bermuda. Listen to the full

"It’s been such a gift to walk through life with the teens and share the gospel with them,”

Taylor Castelli is the family ministries co-ordinator at Kamloops Church and Resource Centre, B.C.  Where are you from? I grew up in Lethbridge, a city in southern Alberta surrounded by rolling hills and something called coulees—steep-sided valleys found along the river. One of my favourite things to do was walk along the river bottom and