Salvation Army Captain Fired For Marrying Out
DID you know that if you are in the Salvation Amry and want to marry, your future spouse must also be member. Something to do with secret tambourine signals:
The leader of the Oshkosh Salvation Army has been suspended and will lose his job if he goes ahead with plans to marry a woman who is not a fellow Salvation Army officer.
Office class, sah!
Johnny Harsh is engaged to a woman who isn’t affiliated with the Salvation Army. He lost his wife Yolanda, a Salvation Army captain, to complications stemming from a heart attack last June.
“My wife and I knew when we joined the Salvation Army that there was a ruling that if something happens to a spouse, you cannot marry anyone but another Salvation Army officer,” Harsh said. “But I swear, you never think it’s going to happen to you.”
Salvation Army Advisory Board member Helen Lord Burr confirmed the agency’s rule and told the Associated Press that it is the same for every branch across the globe.
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May 2nd, 2009 at 5:29 pm
It may not be a cult, but it is seriously wierd.
Moderator - they do do an awful lot of good
May 2nd, 2009 at 4:58 pm
The rule is … IF you are an officer (that is a minister) in The Salvation Army, you must either MARRY a fellow officer or else step down as an officer. In other words, IF YOU ARE A MINISTER YOUR SPOUSE MUST ALSO BE A MINISTER. That doesn’t mean you’re going to “go to hell” because you married a layperson … it just means you’re no longer a minster.
It has nothing to do with the rank-and-file members (known as soldiers). They are free to marry anyone they choose but are encouraged to make sure their future spouse is a Christian.
The reason for this is so ministers and their spouses are of one mind and heart when it comes to the ministry.
If one person has a heart to serve in the inner city it’s much less likely that a fellow-minister will use the ugly phrase, “I didn’t sign on for this so I want out.”
You make it sound as if the Salvation Army is a cult and it most certainly is NOT.