A Fresh Look at The Salvation Army's Founders

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 Next year will mark 150 years since the founding of the worldwide organization The Salvation Army in London by William and Catherine Booth.

The Salvation Army's International Congress, which has representatives from over 120 nations, will meet in the city of its birth in July of next year and mark the milestone.

As the sesquicentennial draws near, journalist and broadcaster Cathy Le Feuvre has written a book, titled William and Catherine: The love story of the founders of The Salvation Army, documenting the romantic relationship of the husband and wife founders. Le Feuvre looked at the courtship and piety of the Booths.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/author-looks-at-salvation-army-founders-love-story-as-150th-anniversary-approaches-124879/

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