NEW TERRITORIAL COMMANDERS

This weekend past, we traveled to Lusaka again, this time for the welcome to our new TC’s Colonel John and Dorita Wainwright from the UK Territory. It is the third territorial meeting I have sat through in 4 weeks and the 3 meetings have last a cumulative time of 15 hours and 45 mins. It's good though that there is not the same rush to get away from church to get on with other things.

However, once again it was a great occasion and once again the Junior Soldiers stole the show with some great singing.

In Zambia you see some of the worth of The Salvation Army uniform. Back home it is considered outdated. However here you see why it is so important. In a land that has such a high level of poverty, it becomes difficult to distinguish between the rich and poor. It’s a great leveler and really adds to the sense of unity within the church. Also, there is a pride attached to wearing the uniform. Proud to belong to the Army, proud to be considered a soldier of the Lord. In fact many of the other churches have opted to invent their own uniform in Zambia.

At the same time, people don’t get so worked up about the style as long as the uniform identifies you as a soldier. This raised a chuckle for me on Sunday.

I think the gangster shoes should be made uniform regulation across the world - they are much more interesting!