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Salvation Army Red Kettle
The Salvation Army Red Kettle is a year-end street fundraising campaign conducted by the Salvation Army, a Protestant denomination. It began in San Francisco in 1891; in Korea, it was first held in Seoul in December 1928.
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- History of The Salvation Army in KoreaHistory
The history of The Salvation Army in Korea begins in 1908, when the British officer Robert Hoggard arrived in Seoul. Alongside evangelism, The Salvation Army in Korea has carried out poor relief and the Red Kettle fundraising campaign.
- Exodus 14:13–14Bible Verses
Exodus 14:13–14 records the words Moses spoke at the Red Sea to the people of Israel, who were terrified by the pursuing Egyptian army. He told them not to fear but to stand still and see, because God would fight for them and save them. The passage is often cited as an exhortation to trust God in times of crisis.
- Isaiah 43:18–19Bible Verses
Isaiah 43:18–19 is God's declaration, "Remember ye not the former things… Behold, I will do a new thing," together with the promise to make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. The passage is very frequently used as a motto for the new year and for new beginnings. The central interpretive question is what "the former things" and "a new thing" refer to.
- Officer (Salvation Army)Church Offices
An officer is a member of the clergy of The Salvation Army, equivalent to a pastor in other denominations. Within the Salvation Army's military-style organization, officers complete training and are commissioned, after which they lead corps (local congregations) or carry out social service and administrative work.
- Catherine BoothPeople
Catherine Booth (1829–1890) was a nineteenth-century English preacher. With her husband, William Booth, she founded The Salvation Army, and she is known as the "Mother of The Salvation Army." She is also known for her defense of women's right to preach.
- Mary Jane FeatherstonePeople
Mary Jane Featherstone was a British Salvation Army evangelist active from the late nineteenth century into the early twentieth century. Known by the nickname "Polly," she was the wife of the Pentecostal evangelist Smith Wigglesworth and is remembered for her significant influence on her husband's faith and ministry.
- John WesleyPeople
John Wesley (1703–1791) was a priest of the Church of England. He launched the Methodist movement in eighteenth-century England and is regarded as the founder of Methodism. His theology also influenced the Holiness movement, The Salvation Army, and the Pentecostal movement.
- William BoothPeople
William Booth (1829–1912) was an English former Methodist minister who, together with his wife Catherine Booth, founded The Salvation Army and served as its first General.
- Aimee Semple McPhersonPeople
Aimee Semple McPherson (1890–1944) was a Canadian-born Pentecostal evangelist and early radio preacher who ministered in the United States. She founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
- Joshua (Son of Nun)People
Joshua was the Old Testament leader who succeeded Moses and led the people of Israel across the Jordan River into the land of Canaan. The son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim, he is the central figure of the Book of Joshua.
- SalvationDoctrine & Theology
In Christianity, salvation is the deliverance of human beings from sin and its consequences—death and separation from God—so that they are reconciled to God and receive eternal life.
- Salvation Sect (Guwonpa)Heresies & Cults
The Salvation Sect (Guwonpa) is the collective name Korean Protestants use for the Kwon Shin-chan–Yoo Byung-eun line, which began in Daegu, South Korea, in the early 1960s, and for the Lee Yo-han and Park Ock-soo lines, which either split from it or share its roots. Korea's major Protestant denominations have declared it heretical.
- Family SalvationDoctrine & Theology
Family salvation refers to unbelieving members of a family coming to faith in Jesus Christ and being saved, or to the practice of praying and evangelizing in the hope that this will happen.
- National Salvation Prayer MeetingChristian Life
A national salvation prayer meeting is a church prayer gathering held for the well-being of a nation and its people when the country faces a crisis or a matter of great national importance. In a broader sense, the practice is also called "prayer for the nation."
- Assurance of SalvationControversies
A discussion of whether a person who has once been saved can lose salvation, and of the grounds on which a person may be assured of being saved.
- UniversalismDoctrine & Theology
Universalism, also called universal salvation, is the view that in the end all people will be saved by God. The major Protestant denominations in Korea generally do not accept it.
- Religious PluralismControversies
Religious pluralism refers to the debate over whether religions outside Christianity offer a way of salvation. Positions in this debate are commonly grouped into three: exclusivism, inclusivism, and pluralism.
- SoteriologyDoctrine & Theology
Soteriology is the branch of Christian theology concerned with how God saves people who are under sin. It encompasses such topics as grace and faith, justification and sanctification, and predestination and free will.
- Philippians 2:12–13Bible Verses
A passage that sets the exhortation "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling" alongside the declaration that "it is God which worketh in you." Christian traditions differ in how they understand the way God's work and the human part in salvation fit together.