The Salvation Army is an evangelical mission - part of the Christian Church. Everything we do is is an expression of our Christian faith, and our belief that God loves us and gave his Son to die and rise again for us.
Our beliefs are centred around the Bible.
Our message is focused on the cross of Jesus
We believe that all can come to faith in Jesus and have a new life in Christ
We believe in actively spreading the Good News of Jesus to all people, young and old.
The Beliefs of The Salvation Army
DOCTRINE 1
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.
DOCTRINE 2
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.
DOCTRINE 3
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.
DOCTRINE 4
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.
DOCTRINE 5
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.
DOCTRINE 6
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.
DOCTRINE 7
We believe that repentance towards God, faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit, are necessary to salvation.
DOCTRINE 8
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.
DOCTRINE 9
We believe that continuance in a state of salvation depends upon continued obedient faith in Christ.
DOCTRINE 10
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.
DOCTRINE 11
We believe in the immortality of the soul; in the resurrection of the body; in the general judgement at the end of the world; in the eternal happiness of the righteous; and in the endless punishment of the wicked.
