The Salvation Army is marking a hundred years since its founding father’s rallying cry to fight social injustice.
It is a century since William Booth delivered his famous “I’ll fight” speech in which he promised to fight so long as there were still children going hungry, men going into prison, and people living without the light of God in their lives.
Congress 2012 is taking place over the weekend at the Royal Albert Hall in London and coincides with a Salvation Army conference on social justice.
The weekend also sees the launch of a new 160-page hardback publication, Portraits – A month in the life of The Salvation Army.
The book contains more than 500 pictures of The Salvation Army taken last October showing the church and charity at work in local communities.
The shots were taken largely by members, staff, volunteers and clients to give their perspective of how The Salvation Army is helping people of all ages, backgrounds and needs.
Music forms a large part of the Congress, with performances by Salvation Army bands from across England.
Head of Public Affairs at The Salvation Army, Dr Helen Cameron said: “The vision for the coming weekend is that it will give fresh courage to Salvationists to fight for just structures as well as continue their mission to build relationships that restore human dignity and worth.”
Parts of the Congress will be live streamed at
www.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/Congress
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