Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you."
- The Salvation Army is currently working in 115 countries workldwide
- There are 175 languages used in SA work, including some tribal languages
- There are 15,175 corps, outposts, societies, new plants and recovery churches
- 1,155 goodwill centres exist
- There are 25,974 officers/ministers of which 16,945 are active and 9,029 are retired
- 107,902 people are employed by the Salvation Army
- There are 1,082,166 senior soldiers
- 190,215 adherents of the Salvation Army
- 360,222 commissioned junior soldiers
- There are 25,653 senior band musicians and 94,921 senior songsters
- In addition there are 45,753 other senior musical group members
- There are 128,854 senior and young people’s local officers (leaders)
- 564,566 people are members of women’s ministries (all groups)
- 359,230 people attend the Over-60 clubs
- There are 74,072 men’s fellowships members
- There are 10,652 poung people’s band members and 79,665 young people’s singing company members
- In addition there are 55,776 other young people’s music groups members
- 612,533 Sunday schools members
- Junior youth groups (scouts, guides, etc, and clubs) have 236,067 members
- Senior youth groups have 79,912 members
- There are 23,035 corps-based community development programmes
- 1,603 thrift stores/charity shops
- 26 recycling centres
Statistics included in this post have been taken from the Salvation Army's International Headquarters website.
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