Army's world leaders to launch Australia One in Adelaide
Army's world leaders to launch Australia One in Adelaide
25 July 2016
General Andre Cox and Commissioner Silvia Cox will launch the unification process for The Salvation Army in Australia.
The world leader of The Salvation Army, General Andre Cox, and Commissioner Silvia Cox, World President of Women’s Ministries, will lead the official launch of the Australia One project in Adelaide on Saturday 17 September.
Australia One is the unification of the Army’s two Australian territories – Australia Southern and Australia Eastern – announced by the Chief of the Staff, Commissioner Brian Peddle, earlier this year. The unification process officially began on 1 June.
As part of the launch, the General will install Commissioners Floyd and Tracey Tidd as national leaders of The Salvation Army in Australia; Commissioner Floyd Tidd as National Commander and Commissioner Tracey Tidd as National President of Women’s Ministries.
Adelaide Congress Hall will be the venue for the public event, which commences at 2pm. “Adelaide, as the birthplace of The Salvation Army in Australia more than 130 years ago, is the ideal location for this historic occasion,” said Colonel Mark Campbell, Chief Secretary-in-Charge of the Army’s Australia Eastern Territory.
The launch and installation has been timed to coincide with the culmination of the Army’s national 100 Days of Prayer initiative. A National Prayer Summit and national leaders’conference will take place in Adelaide in the week leading up to the Australia One launch. General Cox will address the conference, including emerging young leaders from around the country.
Representative delegates will be formally invited to the launch at Adelaide Congress Hall, however, Salvation Army leadership is emphasising that it is a public event and all Salvationists and friends around Australia are welcome to attend.
The launch, which will be live-streamed at www.salvostudios.com/live, will feature musical support from the Melbourne Staff Band and the Sydney Staff Songsters.
“Through the Australia One project we are looking forward to working together to achieve a clear and consistent mission strategy and mission culture across the whole country, ensuring that all our efforts and resources are being used for the greatest impact,” said Colonel Campbell.
“Critically, as God’s Word says in Ephesians 3:20-21, we are seeking God, not for what we may necessarily have now within the two territories, but what God wants for us in the new. We are blessed in the leadership of Commissioners Tidd as they lead us in fulfilling God’s purpose for the mission of The Salvation Army in Australia.”