When Global Evangelism Leads to Non-Sacramentalism: William Booth’s Ambiguous Ecclesiology
Global evangelism was the basis for William Booth’s construction of The Salvation Army. His implicit ecclesiology was marked by a radical “absolutism” manifested in a totalizing military system of polity. Booth was the General of this system explaining that “confidence in God and in me are absolutely indispensable.” The theological foundation for this kind of … Read more