Commissioners inspire Salvationists during visit to Pakistan
Commissioners inspire Salvationists during visit to Pakistan
4 January 2017
The visit to the Pakistan Territory by Commissioners Brian and Rosalie Peddle included public meetings in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore.
Salvationists and friends opened their hearts to the Chief of the Staff, Commissioner Brian Peddle, and Commissioner Rosalie Peddle during their recent visit to the Pakistan Territory.
By The commissioners took part in public meetings in three locations – in an idyllic Islamabad setting, in the massive city of Karachi and at the cathedral in Lahore. Welcome dances showed the country’s cultural diversity, with representations from near the Khyber Pass on the Afghanistan border to the culture of the Sind in Karachi and back to the Punjab in Lahore.
They addressed all 350 officers and cadets of the territory, as well as holding talks with the Canadian High Commissioner to Pakistan and the Norwegian Ambassador about the Salvation Army’s work in Pakistan.
The Commissioners travelled through Shantinagar, where The Salvation Army began its work in Pakistan 100 years ago.
Prior to a meeting with the Territorial Strategy Council and a visit to the training college, the visitors were driven to the Shantinagar, a village started by The Salvation Army 100 years ago. They were very warmly welcomed by crowds of people – if they had not been on the back of a truck the journey through the village would have taken hours! The meeting in the village had to be held outside of the corps building as the 2000 people attending could not be accommodated inside.
Travelling between the cities of Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore – and a six-hour drive to Shantinagar from Lahore – gave the Chief of the Staff and Commissioner Rosalie occasion to see and understand the contrasts in the country, along with the challenges and opportunities for the Pakistan Territory’s 45,000 soldiers and officers.
The message they left behind was, to paraphrase the Chief of Staff, that passion for God is good but not enough; his people need to have a hunger for the Lord and his Word.
The territory was blessed, encouraged and challenged by the commissioners’ visit. The officers, soldiers and friends of The Salvation Army in Pakistan are delighted to know that their international leaders are fully supporting them as they minister in Jesus’ name.
Colonel Ivor Telfer is the Territorial Commander, Pakistan Territory.
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