Poverty And Human Suffering: The Salvation Army

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Poverty and human suffering has always been in the world. The Salvation Army has been one of the organization that has made a difference in social welfare, urban poverty, and teaching better lifestyles. Significant information collected through Salvation Army’s annual reports, scholarly journal articles and other articles is to provide a current review on how this organization have become successful and maintain its ‘success. A historical background expresses the beginning of the Salvation Army. The researcher reviewed information using a time period from 2011 to 2015, an over-view is given of the last five years. The researcher has reviewed the organization, it’s mission, goals and objectives, major initiatives, structure, and significant activities within the past five years. …show more content…
The Salvation Army was first known as the “Christian Mission” that provided social welfare assistance to the residents of urban slums and taught people about their sinful lifestyles. The lifestyles that were in question consisted of prostitution, gambling, and

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