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The Albert Kennedy Trust, Centrepoint, The Connection at St Martins, Crisis, Depaul, Homeless Link, Housing Justice, LandAid, New Horizon Youth Centre, Providence Row, Shelter, St Mungo’s, Thames Reach, The Big Issue, The Passage, The Salvation Army,

London Homeless Charities Group on Friday 15 December with a winter campaign backed by the Mayor of London.

https://www.evilbible.com/

The author is arguing that no human being is without sin, all sin leads to spiritual death (separation from God), and all people therefore need a Saviour.

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/06/24/australian-salvation-army-apologises-for-spokesman-arguing-gays-should-be-executed/

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/11/21/salvation-army-kelvin-holdsworth-anglican-priest-lgbt-rights/

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2019/07/al-murray-glory-brexit-its-incredible-lack-self-awareness

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Faith and worship
Salvation Army Doctrines

We believe that our first parents were created in a state of innocency, but by their disobedience they lost their purity and happiness, and that in consequence of their fall all men have become sinners, totally depraved, and as such are justly exposed to the wrath of God.

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ has by His suffering and death made an atonement for the whole world so that whosoever will may be saved.

We believe that repentance towards God, faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit, are necessary to salvation.

We believe that we are justified by grace through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and that he that believeth hath the witness in himself.

We believe that continuance in a state of salvation depends upon continued obedient faith in Christ.

We believe that it is the privilege of all believers to be wholly sanctified, and that their whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We believe in the immortality of the soul; in the resurrection of the body; in the general judgment at the end of the world; in the eternal happiness of the righteous; and in the endless punishment of the wicked.

We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, and that they only constitute the Divine rule of Christian faith and practice.

The Salvation Army is a Christian organisation and part of the universal Christian Church.

Its message and the lifestyle it advocates are based on the Bible's teaching. Its work is to make known the good news about Jesus Christ and to persuade people to become his followers.

We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, and that they only constitute the Divine rule of Christian faith and practice.

We believe that there is only one God, who is infinitely perfect, the Creator, Preserver, and Governor of all things, and who is the only proper object of religious worship.

We believe that there are three persons in the Godhead – the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, undivided in essence and co-equal in power and glory.

We believe that in the person of Jesus Christ the Divine and human natures are united, so that He is truly and properly God and truly and properly man.

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ has by His suffering and death made an atonement for the whole world so that whosoever will may be saved.

We believe that repentance towards God, faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit, are necessary to salvation.

We believe that we are justified by grace through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and that he that believeth hath the witness in himself.

We believe that continuance in a state of salvation depends upon continued obedient faith in Christ.

We believe that it is the privilege of all believers to be wholly sanctified, and that their whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/unfundamentalistchristians/2015/08/clobbering-the-confusion-about-1-corinthians-69-10/

Why people who aren't evangelical Christians should consider very carefully before donating to the Salvation Army

Below, some information about The London Homeless Charities Group, a coalition of 22 charities working with homeless people across the capital, giving Londoners convenience, the opportunity to make a donation easily - the money donated is shared amongst the charities - with a list of the charities. Below, some reasons why I think Londoners who want to give money to a homelessness charity should give money to a particular homelessness charit, but not to the Salvation Army. Below, some information about the Salvation Army which is relevant, I think, for people in London and outside London who want to make an informed choice about donating to a homelessness charity.

The page

https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/salvation-army-doctrines

gives information about 'Salvation Army Doctrines.'

The doctrines are standard Christian evangelical. The doctrines apply to the people who donate money to the Salvation Army and the homeless people who are helped by the Salvation Army, but not only to these people. The doctrines apply to everyone.

This doctrine, for instance, taken directly from the Salvation Army's Website:

'We believe that our first parents [a reference to Adam and Eve, it seems] were created in a state of innocency, but by their disobedience they lost their purity and happiness, and that in consequence of their fall all men [no mention of women, but women are obviously included with the men] have become sinners, totally depraved, and as such are justly exposed to the wrath of God.'

A direct question to the Salvation Army:

Do you believe that the people who donate to the Salvation Army and the homeless people helped by the Salvation Army are totally depraved and justly exposed to the wrath of God?

Another doctrine, the familiar evangelical view that only people who accept Jesus Christ as their personal lord and saviour can escape the consequences of their depraved, sinful nature and be saved:

'We believe that repentance towards God, faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit, are necessary to salvation.'

'We believe in the immortality of the soul; in the resurrection of the body; in the general judgment at the end of the world ... ' followed by mention of the doctrine of heaven and hell: 'eternal happiness ... endless punishment.'

A direct question to the Salvation Army:

Do you believe that people who donate to the Salvation Army and the homeless people helped by the Salvation Army who don't, in the end, accept Jesus Christ as their personal lord and saviour qualify for 'endless punishment.'

Can you make clear this point. Does the Salvation Army believe in justification by faith or justification by works. Justification by works is the doctrine that salvation can be achieved by doing good. Justification by faith is the doctrine accepted by evangelical Christians that salvation can't be achieved simply by doing good, since, according to this doctrine, good works aren't enough to overcome original sin. Only faith in Christ can give salvation.

This has implications which go far beyond the issue of homelessness, of course. A few more questions for the Salvation Army:

The Salvation Army takes part in Remembrance Sunday events. Does the Salvation Army believe that the people who took part in D-day, the people who liberated Belsen concentration camp, the people who risked their lives in the Battle of the Atlantic, undergo 'endless punishment' if they fail to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour?

Does the Salvation Army believe that devoted parents, the people who lived lives of dangerous, backbreaking work in the mines, social reformers, humanitarians, scientists, engineers and obviously vast numbers of other people are damned if they fail to accept Jesus Christ as their personal lord and saviour?

Another doctrine of the Salvation Army:

'We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, and that they only constitute the Divine rule of Christian faith and practice.'

issues in these verses.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 in the KJV (we’ll get to the NIV momentarily) reads:

⁹Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate [μαλακοὶς], nor abusers of themselves with mankind [ἀρσενοκοῖται], ¹⁰Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

The Salvation Army isn't working on behalf of homeless people single-handed. The Salvation Army recognizes that, obviously. In London, there are many other organizations, including the members of The London Homeless Charities Group:

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