Pilgrim Soldier

I’m currently involved in a conversation on one of The Salvation Army groups on Facebook and realise just how different people’s views are about the Army. The discussion is over whether the Army is old-fashioned or not?

There have been a number of people who have tried to direct the conversation onto whether the reason the Army is not really attracting people could be a spiritual issue. However, for many it keeps coming back to two issues; a) alcohol and b) membership of bands/songsters.

Is it me or are we still getting caught up on the secondary issues instead of focussing on Christ? Surely if we put as much effort into our discipleship that we do on complaining about some of the Army’s practices the Army would be a much more spiritually effective force in today’s world!