The Salvation Army is Created
On July 2nd 1865 an evangelist named William Booth founded the Salvation Army. It was originally named the Christian Mission but was changed to the Salvation Army in 1878. Its mission is to help people meet basic human needs and to preach about God and Jesus Christ. Booth created the Salvation Army because other church groups weren't accepting of the people that he converted to Christianity, as his first group of converts were mostly "thieves, prostitutes, gamblers, and drunkards," as the Salvation Army of the Carolinas states on their website. They amassed 1,000 volunteers by 1874 and spread from the East End of London to other cities nearby. Now there are over 1.6 million members worldwide, and the organization has become incredibly well known for the work that they do for those in need all over the world.
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