Friendship in Three Dimensions Caroline Jewkes

The converting work of The Salvation Army has been shown not only in the turning of sinners into something like saints, but in the turning of foes into friends. Bramwell Booth, 1929, These Fifty Years

The enemy is our question given form, that is, one can see oneself in it. Cited in Jacob Taubes, To Carl Schmitt: Letters and Reflections

“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. … I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends … You did not choose me, but I choose you …” John 15:12-16

“One of the secrets of the success of the Salvation Army is that the friendless of the world find friends in it.” William Booth

Four key missional issues Building bridges between professional social services and congregations Cross-cultural engagement Sexuality and changing expressions of family Declining participation in the church

“The way we construct churches and missions is to make programs the heart. Programs don’t transform people, relationships do. Relationships should be the heart of everything we do, and program should be the outcome.” Danielle Strickland