Because God loves the suffering and the broken, we believe that God wants his Church to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and set the oppressed free. As followers of Christ we want to fulfill that call and, in so doing, we embrace our rich heritage as Salvationists. Justice Minute is a time for us to learn about the societal evils in our world, locally and then globally, and to equip ourselves with the necessary tools to do something about it.
Justice Minute seeks to expose you to:
God's love is for ALL people and therefore He cares about ALL people (including you);
God shows us that He cares about Justice through His Word (The Bible) and through the Scriptures He guides us in how to pursue justice for the "least of these";
As young, talented men and women who love the Lord and are seeking to be more and more like Christ we should seek to not only learn about different injustices that occur both here and abroad but we should seek to change those situations into just, God honoring ones not by our own strength but by the Lord's.
Schools for Schools
The development portion of Schools for Schools is an authentic approach to international aid. When we started discussing where and how to invest our resources, we knew we wanted to be extremely intentional about our actions, choosing programs that would do more than just temporarily address the gaps. Our goal was to work from the ground up, creating projects that would encourage community involvement and offer long-term change in the region's education.
In order to meet this goal, we brought together a group of individuals with the skill sets and personal commitments needed to see such a complex project through. By having a specific group monitor the project from beginning to end, we knew we would be able to ensure that the funds were implemented in the places that were needed most in the most effective way possible.
One of the most important decisions this team made was selecting which secondary schools we would partner with in the North. After developing extensive selection criteria, we chose 10 institutions we believed had the best hope for creating lasting change in the educational sector. Three of the ten we chose are schools that were displaced by the conflict and are now looking to return to their original sites after more than ten years....
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Jen Crick
Arrival in Manila felt like plunging into a bustling alien world, with many people walking the streets, noisy and smoggy traffic, stray animals and refuse. At 2%, the Philippines has the fastest growing population in Southeast Asia, but it's not just the claustrophobic conditions of Manila's streets that make it feel like you can't breathe.(1) Even though 9.9 million people live in Manila, it has some of the worst air quality in the world....
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Recognize the Real
Recognize the Real works to reduce the current state of violence in the community by breaking down the walls that separate the north side of Jane-Finch (Crips) from the south side of Jane-Finch (Bloods). These two groups of youth are now starting to merge, and Recognize the Real is the only program that has successfully managed to bridge the gap between them. It helps them build healthy levels of self-esteem, and encourages them to complete high school and go on to college. There are now 109 youth attending the Recognize the Real program each week, which also reaches their siblings and school mates through life skills training and other events that are open to the community....
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Henry Bullard
When Henry Bullard sat in the bible class at Leamington in Warwickshire, he never dreamed that his life would be packed so full of adventure.
On the arrival of the Salvation Army to the local town, he managed to enter the building in which the opening meeting was being prepared, and found himself the subject of a vigorous bombardment on the part of the Salvationists.
During the night of spiritual wrestling which followed, he became converted in his own bedroom. He felt that he ought to confess God publicly, so in the first meeting led in Leamington by Commissioner Elijah Cadman, Henry Bullard knelt at the Mercy Seat. He became a Soldier immediately and was accepted as a candidate in 1880 and was appointed to Attercliffe after commissioning...
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