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The Salvation Army

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is an evangelical Christian church known for its charity campaigns. It was founded in 1865 by the evangelical protestant minister William Booth and his wife Catherine Booth.

Following the Slogan of the three S´s, which stand 1st.for soup,2nd. for Soap, and finally for salvation and the ideology to spread themessage of the bible to the sinners and the poor to let them know the love of god led the founders to do charitywork and preach in the streets of East London. They set a trend against helping the destitute,the prostitutes and the sick, alcoholics. They recruited new members While William preached to the poor Quasi-Military, hierarchical Organisation

The "Salvation Army" is an institution with a military like hirarchy. Mission

Sources Gnewekow,Dirk/Hermsen,Thomas,Die Geschichte der Heilsarmee.Das Abenteuer der Seelenrettung. Eine sozialgeschichtliche Darstellung, Leske+Budrich: Opladen, 1993. http://www.salvationarmy.org/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/subdivisions/salvationarmy_1.shtml

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-The Salvation Army is an evangelical Christian church, which was founded in 1865 by the Methodist minister William Booth and his wife Catherine Booth. Out of christian motivation the founders and their followers started to do charitywork in the streets of East
+'''The Salvation Army'''
-London, helping the poor and the homeless. In the beginning they worked with alcoholics r work  While William preached to the poor
+== Headline text ==
+is an evangelical Christian church known for its charity campaigns. It was founded in 1865 by the evangelical protestant minister William Booth and his wife Catherine Booth.
+Following the Slogan of the three S´s, which stand 1st.for soup,2nd. for Soap, and finally for salvation and the ideology to spread themessage of the bible to the sinners and the poor to let them know the love of god led the founders to do charitywork and preach in the streets of East London.
+They set a trend against helping the destitute,the prostitutes and the sick, alcoholics. They recruited new members While William preached to the poor
 '''Quasi-Military, hierarchical Organisation'''
 The "Salvation Army" is an institution with a military like hirarchy.
 '''Mission'''
-Its message is, as they claim on their website, based on the Bible and motivated by the love of God. "Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination."[[http://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/www_sa.nsf/vw-dynamic-index/2F2892552ED40F1585256E3D006A9BC7?openDocument]]
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 Sources'''
+Gnewekow,Dirk/Hermsen,Thomas,Die Geschichte der Heilsarmee.Das Abenteuer der Seelenrettung. Eine sozialgeschichtliche Darstellung, Leske+Budrich: Opladen, 1993.
 http://www.salvationarmy.org/
+http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/subdivisions/salvationarmy_1.shtml