Our Articles of War -
We will be responsive to the Holy Spirit's work and obedient to His leading in our lives, growing in grace through worship, prayer, service and the reading of the Bible. We will make the values of the Kingdom of God and not the values of the world the standard for our lives.
We will uphold Christian integrity in every area of our lives, allowing nothing in thought, word or deed that is unworthy, unclean, untrue, profane, dishonest or immoral.
We will maintain Christian ideals in all our relationships with others; our families and neighbours, our colleagues and fellow salvationists, those to whom and for whom we are responsible, and the wider community.
We will uphold the sanctity of marriage and of family life. We will be faithful stewards of our time and gifts, our money and possessions, our bodies, our minds and our spirits, knowing that we are accountable to God.
We will abstain from alcoholic drink, tobacco, the non-medical use of addictive drugs, gambling, pornography, the occult and all else that could enslave the body or spirit.
We will be faithful to the purposes for which God raised up The Salvation Army, sharing the good news of Jesus Christ, endeavouring to win others to Him, and in His name caring for the needy and the disadvantaged.
We will be actively involved, as we are able, in the life, work, worship and witness of the corps, giving as large a proportion of our income as possible to support its ministries and the worldwide work of the Army.
We will be true to the principles and practices of The Salvation Army, loyal to its leaders, and we will show the spirit of salvationism whether in times of popularity or persecution.
We enter into this covenant and sign these Articles of War of our own free will, convinced that the love of Christ, who died and now lives to save me, requires from me this devotion of my life to His service for the salvation of the whole world; and therefore do here declare our full determination, by God's help, to be true soldiers of The Salvation Army until we die.
- the Primitive Salvationists
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We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were
given by inspiration of God, and that they only constitute the Divine rule
of Christian faith and practice.
We believe that there is only one God, who is infinitely perfect,
the Creator, Preserver, and Governor of all things, and who is the only proper
object of religious worship.
We believe that there are three persons in the Godhead-the Father,
the Son and the Holy Ghost, undivided in essence and co-equal in power and
glory.
We believe that in the person of Jesus Christ the Divine and human
natures are united, so that He is truly and properly God and truly and properly
man.
We believe that our first parents were created in a state of innocency,
but by their disobedience they lost their purity and happiness, and that in
consequence of their fall all men have become sinners, totally depraved, and
as such are justly exposed to the wrath of God.
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ has by His suffering and death
made an atonement for the whole world so that whosoever will may be saved.
We believe that repentance towards God, faith in our Lord Jesus Christ,
and regeneration by the Holy Spirit, are necessary to salvation.
We
believe that we are justified by grace through faith in our Lord
Jesus Christ and that he that believeth hath the witness in himself.
We
believe that
continuance in a state of salvation depends upon continued obedient faith
in Christ.
We believe that it is the privilege of all believers to be wholly
sanctified, and that their whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved
blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We believe in the immortality of the soul; in the resurrection of
the body; in the general judgment at the end of the world; in the eternal
happiness of the righteous; and in the endless punishment of the wicked.
The Doctrines of The Salvation Army -
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