For the first time in The Salvation Army’s history its High Council will have more female members than males. A High Council comprises the national and territorial leaders of The Salvation Army, and comes together for the sole purpose of electing a new General, the international leader of the worldwide Army which currently serves in 122 countries.
The 17th High Council convenes on Friday, 21 January, 2011, at Sunbury Court, United Kingdom, to elect the 19th General of The Salvation Army in succession to General Shaw Clifton who will retire at midnight on 1 April, 2011. This will also be the largest-ever High Council with 109 members – 59 women and 50 men.
The Chief of the Staff, Commissioner Barry C. Swanson, issued summonses on Wednesday, 1 December, 2010 to those Salvation Army leaders who qualified for membership. All active commissioners, territorial commanders and territorial presidents for women’s ministries were summoned. There will be 83 Commissioners and 26 Colonels present. Commissioners Raymond and Aylene Finger, Commissioners Vic and Ros Poke and Commissioners James and Janet Condon are the Australians on the High Council.
Council members will also meet at Sunbury Court from Tuesday, 18 January until Thursday, 20 January for a plenary session of the General's Consultative Council led by General Clifton.
A public welcome to the High Council takes place on Saturday, 22 January at 4.00 p.m. in the Nine Kings Suite of the Lancaster London Hotel, Hyde Park. This gathering will incorporate a Retirement Salute to General Shaw Clifton and Commissioner Helen Clifton.
Individual photos of all the members of the 2011 High Council are located on flickr.com at: http://bit.ly/ihdPDq
Hi Brad, this is off-topic but I think you'll see it sooner than if I made a comment on your posts in May, 2010.
ReplyDeleteI work for the Salvation Army in St. Louis, Missouri, as Finance Director. I'm not an officer, though.
The Central Territory is sending a team to Camp Luly in January, 2011, and I've been selected. We will build permanent housing.
My question is, can you pinpoint Camp Luly's longitude/latitude? I've been to Haiti several times before, but can't find Luly on google maps or google earth. Thanks.
Merry Christmas!
Larry Stephey
lestephey [at} gmail fot com
G'day Larry. Good to hear from you. The best person to ask is probaby Envoy Bob Poff, who I think is from your territory originally. He'll be able to give you more specific information.
ReplyDeleteFrom my memory, Camp Luly is near Archaia... north of Port-au-Prince and south of Saint Marc. But then again, it could be a camp by a different name.
Cheers
Brad
Thanks, Brad. Bob and I are Facebook friends. All the maps put Luly in the ocean.
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