5 Keys To Bringing Back The Glory Days Of The Salvation Army
1) Get back to the streets. (Prayer walking with the Blood & Fire flag is a great, non-threatening way to do that.)
2) Get back to bold, public proclamation. (We can use social media and blogging to lovingly and boldly share the Gospel — see my blog at http://stevesimms.wordpress.com/)
3) Get back to holiness. (We must live, think, and act differently than society does. We should not “like” ungodly internet groups and posts!)
4) Get back to Spirit-led, testimony-filled, unprogrammed holiness meetings. (Open sharing and participation by those present was a vital part of early Salvationist meetings.)
5) Get back to spontaneous, heart-felt passionate prayer meetings. (The early Salvationists openly poured their hearts out to God in regular “knee drill” and we should, too!)
If you live in Nashville, Tennessee come help us pursue these five keys at The Salvation Army Berry Street Worship Center, 225 Berry St., 37207 on Sundays at 10:45 am.
Good stuff, Steve. I’ve been reading the recent biography on Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Erik Metaxas; even Bonhoeffer was influenced early on by the Army’s evangelistic meetings.
Thanks for the encouragement, David. I love Bonhoeffer. Great to hear that he was influenced by the early Salvation Army. O that the contemporary Army would be strongly influenced by and transformed into the image of the early Army! Do it again, Lord!
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