Salvation Army?

[SaintGeorge]

I didn't know you all were an actual church, I thought you were just a general Christian Charity. Please, tell me a little about your denomination.

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, may God bless you all. Amen.

 

[chaplainjared]

yes us salvos are churches.
Our churches are called corps. (prenounced cors)
Our pastors are called 'captains'
our members are called 'soldiers'
Salvo corps are all over the world

Its a little strange, but very funky also

 

[chaplainjared]

the 3rd biggest army in the world.
and the only one that has no guns!

 

[Stefania777]

the 3rd biggest army in the world.
and the only one that has no guns!

wooooooooooooooooooooooow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how cool is that! it reminds me of Ephisians 6:10-18

 

[chickette]

Yeh, but we have swords and they are deadly!!!!

 

[Stefania777]

why do you have deadly swords?

 

[chickette]

The sword is one of God's weapons. Its the word of God, The Bible. And it is a deadly weapon against the devil.
It's from Ephesians 6:10-18.

 

[Abiel]

And you should see us with tambourines!!!

 

[Abiel]

I didn't know you all were an actual church, I thought you were just a general Christian Charity. Please, tell me a little about your denomination.

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, may God bless you all. Amen.

This link may help you.

http://www1.salvationarmy.org/

 

[Stefania777]

And you should see us with tambourines!!!

I go to a pentacostal church called "first assembly of God" it's a pretty fun church, we do the tambourines too, well, only a few people who get really into it. I don't have one, but I have a little egg shaker thing, it's fun!

 

[Stefania777]

The sword is one of God's weapons. Its the word of God, The Bible. And it is a deadly weapon against the devil.
It's from Ephesians 6:10-18.

but Ephisians 6:10-18 talks about the spiritual armor. The way I see it all least, God is not talking about man made weapons, he wants us to use his word as a weapon against the devil. The way to put on the armor of God would be through prayer, and the way to put it into action would be through his word. How does the salvation army interprets Ephisians 6:10-18?

 

[Abiel]

but Ephisians 6:10-18 talks about the spiritual armor. The way I see it all least, God is not talking about man made weapons, he wants us to use his word as a weapon against the devil. The way to put on the armor of God would be through prayer, and the way to put it into action would be through his word. How does the salvation army interprets Ephisians 6:10-18?

The sword is the Bible. If you look at my avatar, you will see the crest of the Salvation Army. The dots are known as 'gospel shots' and represent the scripture that every Christian needs to know to defend themselves against the devil and the world. Back it the olden days, when Salvationists often were physically attacked for preaching Jesus out of doors, they would form a protective circle, and 'fire a volley' meaning they would shout out scripture to help them stay strong under persecution.

It must be remember that the military imagery of the Salvation Army is not worldly but biblical. It's one of the things that makes us who we are.

 

[chickette]

We don't really carry swords round with us......sorry if thats wat u were thinking.......and we gave u that impression.......some of us might carry Bibles round though.......

 

[chaplainjared]

And you should see us with tambourines!!!

ohhhh noooooooo!!!!

ive gotta say im not a fan of the tambourines. A little old fasioned and irrelevant i feel....

 

[Stefania777]

The sword is the Bible. If you look at my avatar, you will see the crest of the Salvation Army. The dots are known as 'gospel shots' and represent the scripture that every Christian needs to know to defend themselves against the devil and the world. Back it the olden days, when Salvationists often were physically attacked for preaching Jesus out of doors, they would form a protective circle, and 'fire a volley' meaning they would shout out scripture to help them stay strong under persecution.

It must be remember that the military imagery of the Salvation Army is not worldly but biblical. It's one of the things that makes us who we are.

ok that's pretty much what I was thinking, but wasn't sure. Sounds really cool. Nothing cooler then a really active church

 

[Stefania777]

ohhhh noooooooo!!!!

ive gotta say im not a fan of the tambourines. A little old fasioned and irrelevant i feel....

uuuuuh?? percussionist here who loves the sound and the feel of the tambourine! lol, but I guess I could understand you have different taste.

 

[Stefania777]

We don't really carry swords round with us......sorry if thats wat u were thinking.......and we gave u that impression.......some of us might carry Bibles round though.......

OK, you answered my question in the simple form, thank you!

 

[TwinCrier]

I also didn't know SA was a denomination. I've always admired their stand and charity work. I am going to the website, but i also may read around here a bit to learn more.

 

[someone_else]

with the armour of God you should notice that the sowrd is the only 'attack" peice the rest are peices of protection. all we need to do to put it on is to ask God. eg pray it on. we build up and maintain each peice by reading the bible, praying and seeking God.

 

[elm0]

And for those that haven't done much study on swordplay, the sword is not only an offensive, but also a defensive weapon. What I'm getting at, is that in drawing a similarity between the sword and the Bible we must remember to use The Word to protect ourselves as well as to fight the enemy.