The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army Corps located in Elmira New York meets the needs of the person physcially, spiritually and emotionally. Unique to this Corps(church) mission, we have the Safe House (Domestic Violence Shelter & Services), "Our House" (Drug and alchohol treatment residence), Youth Activities, Adult Activities, and Social Service Outreach.
The Salvation Army, an internationmovement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church.
It's message is based onthe Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.
The Doctrine of The Salvation Army
1. We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspirtation of God, and that they only constitue the Divine rule of Christian faith and practice.
2. We believe that there is only one God, who is infinitely perfect, the Creator, Preserver, and Governor of all things, and who is the only proper object of religious worship.
3. We believe that there are three persons in the Godhead - the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, undivided in essense and co-equal in power and glory.
4. We believe that in the person of Jesus Christ the Divine and human natures are united, so that He is truly and properly God and truly and properly man.
5. We believe that our first parents were created in a state of innocency, but by their didsobedience they lost their purity and happiness, and that in consequence of their fall all men have become sinners, totally depraved, and as such are justly exposed to the wrath of God.
6. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ has by His suffering and death made an atonement for the whole world so that whosoever will may be saved.
7. We believe that repentance towards God, fatih in our Lord Jesus Christ, and regeneration by the Holy Spirt, are necessary to salvation.
8. We believe that we are justified by grace through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and that he that believeth hath the witness in himself.
9. We believe that continuance in a state of salvation depends upon continued obedient faith in Chrsit.
10. We believe that it is the priviildege of all believers to be wholly sanctified, and that thier whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless unot the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
11. We believe in the immortality of the soul; in the resurrection of the body; in the general judgement at the end of the world; in the eternal happiness of the righteous; and in the endless punishment of the wicked.
