SALVATIONIST

‘GLORY to God in the highest Heaven, and on Earth peace to those on whom his favour rests’ (Luke 2:14). No, it’s not Christmas quite yet! Those were the first words spoken on the radio by Reginald Fessenden on 24 December 1906.

In this week’s issue we celebrate the launch of Salvationist Radio. This is not a new medium for the Army – indeed, as George Tanton explores on page 5, it has been using radio for many years to comfort and communicate in times of challenge.

Long before radio, the apostle Paul sought to encourage the church in Thessalonica to live lives worthy of God in a hostile context. On pages 6 and 7, Lieut-Colonel Jayne Roberts uses Paul’s words to pose us some challenging questions around living out our faith in today’s society. Are we making the most of every opportunity that we have to proclaim the good news and to live lives that mirror our message?

Our responsibility as Jesus’ disciples is to share the gospel story by whatever means available to us and then to be expectant that the Holy Spirit will stir the hearts of those that choose to listen.

MAJOR JULIAN WATCHORN EDITOR

EDITOR Major Julian Watchorn

MANAGING EDITOR Ivan Radford

EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Simon Hope, George Tanton, Lyn Woods, Major Margaret Bovey

ART DIRECTOR Hannah Holden

GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Mark Knight, Louise Phillips

PROOFREADER Chris Horne

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SCRIPTURE QUOTATIONS

From the New International Version (2011), unless otherwise stated

FOUNDER William Booth

GENERAL Brian Peddle

TERRITORIAL COMMANDER

Commissioner Anthony Cotterill

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Major Julian Watchorn

TERRITORIAL HEADQUARTERS

101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN 0845 634 0101

The Salvation Army is a Christian church and registered charity. The charity number in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is 214779, in Scotland is SC009359 and in the Republic of Ireland is CHY6399.