The Salvation Army

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We, the Salvation Army as an evangelical part of the Christian church, are among the largest providers of social aid in the world by following the objectives of "the advancement of the Christian religion of education, the relief of poverty, and other charitable objects beneficial to society or the community of mankind as a whole" (Salvation Army, 2012). By operating in 124 countries and providing our services in 175 languages we are globally present.

Internally we are geographically divided into territories, being then sub-divided into divisions. This enables us to handle the administrative efforts of the whole organization. Certainly your main task as territorial commander of France and Belgium is to lead these territories and thus the main insights of this report are concerning mentioned countries and to be transferred to France and Belgium. However, since you receive superior orders from our headquarter in London, it is also necessary to understand global issues and challenges of the organization as a whole.

Thus, some of the following insights might also be of importance to be forwarded and recommended to general Linda Bond, being responsible to manage the global strategy of the Salvation Army. She is challenged to serve in this complex world without losing the focus on our mission. Considering this, some insights and recommendations from you, as head of a territorial headquarter, might give here important insights in making decisions, giving an overall direction by directing our operations and ensuring the internationalism of the Salvation Army.

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[...] Since the expansion of the Salvation Army to France in 1881 the world and our organization has changed. Concerning France it was necessary to become a congregation on the one hand and a foundation on the other. This was due to our professional social institution as well as to the strictly practiced laïcité in France, which asks for a strict separation of spirituality and temporality. This restructuring happened in 1994 and resulted in the “Congregation of the Salvation” as the spiritual and the “French Salvation Army Foundation” as the secular branch. [...]

[...] Style non défini. with these issues in detail. Without having enough motivated and young members it will be impossible to sustain and improve our current position in the longrun. Other aspects of future discussions might be, how to handle our strict rules on gambling and alcohol which are contrary to the wish of being appealing to as many people as possible. Is this still feasible in today's world or are we kind of old-fashioned? The traditional Roman Catholic Church is faced similar issues in terms of birth control and divorces without having found a clear solution yet. [...]

[...] Till today the incomes of 2012 have at least the same level as in 2011. If there are no unforeseeable happenings which would minimize the income side, we will be able to subsidize the gap out of the extraordinary profits to secure our ethical task and mission Erreur ! Style non défini. Table 4-3 Detailed income analysis At the other side the detailed expenses analysis (Table shows no aberrances over the years and is consistent with the overall development of expenses. [...]

[...] Astonishingly the US Salvation Army is a nonprofit organization. Surpluses in this dimension are future opportunities to amend the financial position of the US Salvation Army and secure the sustainability Erreur ! Style non défini. Recommendations toward the profits are to minimize them. As we are a nonprofit organization we do not need to earn high profits, but can instead follow our superior objective of supporting people. If we gain an image of profit orientation without having serious reasons, we might face bad publicity as other comparable organizations have already experienced. [...]

[...] Executive Summary This report is about the corporate governance of the Salvation Army. In is structured by making a comparison to private institutions, analyzing the role of the stakeholders in our organization and checking our financial development. While doing so important aspects, challenges as well as strength and weaknesses are explained to give you some recommendations regarding our organization's governance and enable you a better decisionmaking Erreur ! Style non défini Introduction We, the Salvation Army as an evangelical part of the Christian church, are among the largest providers of social aid in the world by following the objectives of advancement of the Christian religion of education, the relief of poverty, and other charitable objects beneficial to society or the community of mankind as a whole” (Salvation Army, 2012a). [...]