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Sunday Worship: A Love without Ending

26/04/2015

A Love without Ending

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Live from Sunderland, celebrating 150 years since the foundation of the Salvation Army.

Live from Sunderland, celebrating 150 years since William and Catherine Booth founded the Salvation Army. Preacher: General Andre Cox. With the International Staff Songsters.

William Booth and Catherine Mumford were two fervent young Christians, and when they met in 1852 so started a love story not only for each other, but also for the disadvantaged and downtrodden which would overflow across the world. Live from Sunderland Millfield Salvation Army and Celebrating 150 years since William and Catherine Booth founded this worldwide movement. Preacher: General André Cox. The International Staff Songsters are directed by Dorothy Nancekievill. Within days of their first meeting William and Catherine were writing love letters to each other. William was determined to be a Christian preacher and evangelist and Catherine was not only wholeheartedly behind him, she effectively helped to mould the man he became. They were people of their time - Victorians - but their letters show that under the surface they were passionate individuals who loved deeply, felt strongly about their spiritual and other convictions, and were determined to follow what they believed was God's leading for their lives. Initially the Booths did not plan to create a church but a 'movement' of people who, once converted to Christian faith, would go back to their own congregations, or join an established church. Very quickly, though, it became clear that this 'movement' was developing its own personality and distinctiveness. The Salvation Army today is still officially a 'movement' although now it is also an established Protestant evangelical denomination with deep roots in both big conurbations and smaller towns right across the world. Producer: Andrew Earis.

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