Soldiership was "God’s calling for me," says Shawn Perkins.

"As I knelt at the altar, I felt like a burden was lifted from my shoulders. That day turned my whole life around. It was as if I was given a whole new life when I went back to God."

At the 2017 Territorial Social Services Conference, held October 23-25 in Mississauga, Ont., more than 350 people from across the Canada and Bermuda Territory gathered for a time of education, networking and worship.

When I found myself in the hospital, a month after graduating from a residential program for treatment of an eating disorder, I felt defeated and broken. I began crying out to God to help and heal me.

For Jonathan Kim, volunteering on the kettles showed him what The Salvation Army was about. “The more I learned about these wonderful Christians, the more I knew that this was the right denomination for me.”

Six heartwarming stories of hope at Christmastime, from Salvationists and officers.

Major Ken Smith, Craig Lewis, David Rowsell, Major Cathie Harris and Captain Nicholas Samuel reflect on the meaning of their favourite Christmas carols.

On the morning of December 6, 1917, Halifax was devastated by an explosion that killed or injured thousands. The relief efforts that followed gave rise to the creation of the Army's emergency disaster services.

Christmas is God’s greatest gift because we can know truth—truth that is more than abstract concept, a truth that is real and alive, embodied in Jesus.

When 12-year-old Jenera Roundsky took her own life in June, the Wapekeka First Nation declared a state of emergency, prompting a call for assistance. The Salvation Army was one of the organizations that responded.