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What is The Salvation Army? The Salvation Army is a Christian church and registered charity seeking to share the good news of Jesus and nurture committed followers of him. We also serve people without discrimination, care for creation and seek justice and reconciliation. We offer practical support and services in more than 700 centres throughout the UK. Go to salvationarmy.org.uk/find-a-church to find your nearest centre.
FOR centuries, barges were used to take goods and fuel back and forth across the United Kingdom. Nowadays, many canal boats are used for leisure. However, as we discover in this week’s War Cry, one barge that used to carry freight is now being used to take the Christian faith to workers in London’s financial district of Canary Wharf. ‘People are intrigued,’ the Rev Marcus Nodder, the pastor of St Peter’s Barge on West India Quay, tells us. ‘It shows that church is not about the venue, but about the message of God’s love.’ Marcus explains that people work up to 50 hours a week in their offices in Canary Wharf under intense pressure and stress. Through the church’s services and Bible studies he hopes that he can show them how they can ‘enjoy life and growth’ by having a relationship with God. Marcus is not alone in wanting to tell people about the positive difference God can make to their lives. Also in this week’s issue, Emma Owen tells us how she developed an eating disorder after experiencing rejection. However, she found help, hope and a realisation of her own worth when she turned to God. Now she wants others who may be struggling to share that same experience. Emma works on a project called Respect Me, which goes into schools to teach students about their identity. ‘Everything we do comes back to identity and value,’ she says. ‘We share these little I Am cards, which have Scriptures on them telling children who they are in God’s eyes.’ Whoever we may be, whatever we may have done to ourselves or had done to us, we all have ad the War C worth and value. And it is true that the best e re ry v ’ way to discover this is by learning more u about who God says that we are.
What is the War Cry? The Salvation Army first published a newspaper called the War Cry in London in December 1879, and we have continued to appear every week since then. Our name refers to our battle for people’s hearts and souls as we promote the positive impact of the Christian faith and The Salvation Army’s fight for greater social justice.
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Editor: Andrew Stone, Major Deputy Editor: Philip Halcrow Production Editor: Ivan Radford Assistant Editor: Sarah Olowofoyeku Staff Writer: Emily Bright Staff Writer: Claire Brine Editorial Assistant: Linda McTurk Graphic Designer: Rodney Kingston Graphic Designer: Mark Knight Email: warcry@salvationarmy.org.uk The Salvation Army United Kingdom and Ireland Territory 101 Newington Causeway London SE1 6BN
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