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History
Founder William Booth
Heart to God Hand to Man
From the beginning, the Army in Canada and on the North Shore adopted founder William Booth’s philosophy that there is little point preaching ‘salvation’ to hungry people. And so the concept of ‘soup and salvation’ took hold, later to be developed into the comprehensive social service programs.
William Booth preaching at a London tent meeting
William Booth was a dissident Methodist minister from London, England – who took his Wesleyan sensibilities and Christ’s command to ‘feed my sheep’ to their logical conclusion. The North Vancouver Citadel Corps first opened as a church based on William Booth’s focus on Christ’s compassionate teachings.
We embody God’s love, reaching out to others and caring for them.
God reaches out to every person in love. Our mission is always in response to that love. We strive to meet the needs of vulnerable groups and those overlooked or ignored in our communities. When needed, we will stand for them and advocate on their behalf. We accept that showing compassion may threaten those who benefit from present arrangements of power. Our desire is for God to work through our ministries to renew broken families, empower the poor and transform neighbourhoods.
In his last public appearance, William Booth, proclaimed:
“While women weep as they do now, I’ll fight. While little children go hungry, I’ll fight. While men go to prison, in and out, in and out, as they do now, I’ll fight. While there is a drunkard left, while there is a poor lost girl upon the streets, where there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I’ll fight — I’ll fight to the very end.”
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