On the Danish site of Salvationist Faith I have just published an article with this title ( in Danish). An English translation will come in the new year.
The article describes the Army’s overall structure, mission and ecclesiology as well as the efforts of the corps to be a visible and clear expression of the Army’s ecclesiology with the overall focus on mission expressed as testimony (martyria), fellowship (koinonia) and service (diaconia).
The open mercy seat
The rich worship life of the corps is evaluated and there is a strong focus on the centrality of the mercy seat and its use both as a place of confession, of salvation as well as a place to feed upon Christ. It could be seen as an expression of the Lord’s supper. The very structure of the mercy seat as it was until the late 1960s signaled a special place with verses of Scripture on the rostrum above the two benches of the mercy seat. The whole setting was on a little platform with red carpets and some poles with red cords that were removed when the invitation to the mercy seat was given. It gave it all an air of mystery and transformation.
The Soldier’s Covenant as a baptism into the life of discipleship is also part of the article. The last part of the article describes the struggle of the corps to remain a true expression of an Army corps and of Army ecclesiology in times of change. The population changed completely during and after the total restructuring of the district. This proved to be an enormous challenge to the corps and its identity, until the corps had to move to a new district due to the demolition of the corps buildings and the houses around it.
Salvationist viewpoints 