Salvation Army

SALVATION ARMY is a CONSERVATIVE PROTESTANT religious denomination that originated in Great Britain in 1865 with the work of William Booth, a disaffected METHODIST preacher. It came to BC in 1887 when the first members arrived in VICTORIA. Congregations were established in NEW WESTMINSTER and NANAIMO in 1888 and in KAMLOOPS a year later. By the 1990s the church had corps in every major centre in BC. Initially mocked for its revivalist fervor and street-corner tub-thumping, the "Sally Ann" has...

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