The Final Doxology (2) Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all nations
William Booth – The Early Years A young boy was drawn to a crowd. Too small to see, he climbed a gaslight pole for a better look. A cheer went up and mothers held up their children for a better view as a man was marched to a scaffold. A bag was placed over his
William Booth Finds His Call in Life William Booth was seventeen and sick with a fever. He had come to Christ two years earlier but was unhappy. How could he make his life count? He had too little money to either train to be a minister or help the wretched poor that he saw every
William Booth and the Broad Street Chapel William Booth grew up with a heart for the hurting. While still an apprentice at a pawn shop in Nottingham in England, he spent his spare time and money on the poor. William led a group of young men into the slums to evangelise on the streets and
William Booth, the London Methodists and Follow Up William Booth’s heart for the poor and the lost did not sit easily with most of the churches of his day. When his apprenticeship as a pawnbroker ended in 1848, the 19 year old Booth was unemployed and spent a year looking in vain for work. Reluctantly
William Booth and Catherine’s First Preaching Ministry It was 1861 and although William Booth had become a prominent Methodist evangelist, he was unhappy that the annual conference of the denomination kept assigning him to a pastorate. Home duties in a local church kept him from accepting invitations to do evangelistic campaigns. This was where his
William Booth and Catherine Begin Itinerating 1862 was a pivotal year for William and Catherine Booth. William was pastoring Gateshead Methodist church. His heart was for evangelism but by this time the Methodist church saw conversion as an essentially private matter between the sinner and his God that didn’t require an evangelist. Catherine had felt
William and Catherine Move to London’s East End It was 1865. William and Catherine Booth had been preaching in a circus tent all over England and Wales for two years. After the birth of their sixth child, Marian, the Booth’s had accepted an invitation to speak in a 200 seat dilapidated tent in London’s East
William Booth and Catherine Change the Name to Salvation Army The work of the East London Christian Mission was thriving. William Booth presided over a growing ministry. By 1868 there were 13 preaching stations together running 140 meetings a week with 14,000 attending at some time. But keeping everything on track was time consuming. God
William and Catherine Booth and Audacious Evangelism The Salvation Army was born in May, 1878. News of the name change fired the imagination of the East London Christian Mission workers and soon military words and phrases were popping up everywhere. The Bible was now a “sword.” Larger mission houses became “citadels” and smaller ones “forts.”
