Booth was born in relative poverty ... William soon organized his own East London Christian Mission which, by 1870, resembled a Methodist society. His mission failed to attract the "heathen ...

At the meeting where the change took place, Booth and his colleagues announced, “The Christian Mission has met in Congress to make War. It has organized a Salvation Army to carry the blood of ...

Booth was an evangelist who wanted to offer practical help to the poor and destitute as well as preaching the Gospel to them. It was originally called the Christian Mission, but changed its name ...

Four years later, while editing the organization’s annual report, William Booth stopped at the phrase “The Christian Mission is a volunteer army.” He crossed out “volunteer” and placed t ...

Booth was an evangelist who wanted to offer practical help to the poor and destitute as well as preaching the Gospel to them. It was originally called the Christian Mission, but changed its name ...

preacher Catherine Booth-Clibborn, Emma (Tucker), Marian, Evangeline and Lucy (Hellberg). Ten years later they set up the Christian Mission in the Whitechapel area of east London, which became the ...