DOING
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Volume 32, No. 18
November 30, 2015
A publication of The Salvation Army Southern Territory
General Cox urges Army to ‘pray long and hard’
G
eneral André Cox called
Salvationists around
the world to prayer in
the wake of the terrorist
attacks in Paris that
slaughtered 129 people and injured
hundreds more. The General urged
Salvationists to “pray long, and pray
hard.”
General Cox added, “My purpose
here is not to make political statements.
Others are better placed and carry
a particular responsibility to do just
that. What I will say, and in doing so I
add my voice to those of many leaders
within the Christian faith the world
over, please pray for political and
national leaders. All of them, not just
President Hollande and his team in
France, but leaders in your country and
mine.”
The General called on all to pray
that God’s grace and the Holy Spirit’s
ministry would comfort the hundreds
of people who lost loved ones in the
senseless killings. “Death comes to
all, but how it comes and in what
circumstances, can add layers of added
grief and pain. These circumstances,
wherein people were simply enjoying
life and friendship on a Friday night,
would have seemed the most unlikely
for the terrible carnage which took
place. The evil of terrorism reached
Pathway from
poverty gives
hope to South
into Parisian cafes and concert halls to
strike its innocent victims … People
in Paris, and many other places, are
experiencing multiple trials of the
sort which most of us cannot really
comprehend. For them, we pray that
somehow, a multiplication of peace,
through the Holy Spirit, will be their
experience.”
Meanwhile, Colonel Daniel Naud,
France and Belgium territorial
commander, expressed his appreciation
for prayer support from around the
world.
“Since Friday night,” he said,
“people in Paris and its nearest suburbs
where attacks and shootings took place
are shocked and
scared, especially
when hearing
ambulance and police
sirens throughout the
day and night. Scenes
of despair and grief
prevailed, and people
General Cox
are speechless in the
face of such reckless cruelty.”
The shootings at a bar in Rue de
Charonne took the lives of 19 people
and occurred opposite the Palais de la
Femme, a Salvation Army-managed
facility for women. The building was
struck by two bullets, but no one was
injured.
Georgia corps begins
effort to help families
improve their lives
By Brooke Turbyfill
Southern Spirit staff
This is the first Pathway of Hope feature examining the
impact that The Salvation Army’s nationwide initiative has
on the vision to end national poverty. Pathway of Hope was
rolled out in the Southern Territory in spring 2015.
T
he Dalton, Georgia, Pathway of Hope
initiative serves three counties, although
families from just two counties are
currently enrolled; the need is expansive.
Major Art Fultz, corps officer in Dalton,
explained the vision behind the Pathway of Hope
initiative and why it’s such an innovative approach to
solving the poverty issue.
“In many cases, our families relying on assistance
are multiple generations. They didn’t get that way
overnight,” he said. Pathway of Hope aspires to
address poverty in families by looking at it from a
long-term vantage point. So far, the Dalton Corps
has nine families participating. “The number seems
disappointingly low, but by nature of the program,
the education and assistance is not a classic shelter
environment. While we would like to see that statistic
higher, for every family we see not re-entering society
reliant on assistance, that’s a win for the community.”
When the Dalton Corps was identifie