About Us
Who are we?
Salvation Army Southern Territory
Corps Officers
Known as ministers
Lieutenant Gareth and Alison MacDonald
Mission
To be a caring Church, responsive to God's purpose, sharing the good news of Jesus, and encouraging people to develop a relationship with Him.
Vision
a dynamic and exciting church
a sharing and caring church
a grace-filled and spiritual church
a teaching and discipling church
an evangelistic church
"Where there is no vision, the people perish" - Proverbs 29:18a KJV
Positional Statements
To find out where the Salvation Army stands on issues like abortion, euthanasia, gambling and homosexuality, go to the Positional Statement page at our Territorial Headquarters.
Doctrines
What does the Salvation Army actually believe? You can find out at the Doctrines page of our Territorial Headquarters.
History
A bit about the church!
The Leederville Corps, No. 454 of The Salvation Army, commenced on 31 July 1896 and was officially opened by Major Hunter on 18 November 1896, for the purpose of worshipping God and winning souls for Jesus Christ. Prior to Leederville Corps being established the comrades, who lived in this area, would by the way of bush and sand tracks, walk into Perth, and avail themselves the horse-drawn bus, to the Perth Corps who held their meetings at the old Allums Skating Rink Murray Street and several other venues after that lease expired.
The Corps was first established in the wooden hall on the site of Sanders Street (later Oxford Street) and Cambridge Street. In those days the hall did not occupy the prominent corner block and the only made road was near Newcastle Street, quite a distance from the Hall, but to the people who lived in Leederville this was so much better than trudging through sand into the City. A new brick building replaced the old weather board Hall and this Citadel was dedicated to God on Saturday 28 November 1914 by Colonel Hoskin.
In 1963 this building was sold and a new Citadel was erected on the corner of Brookdale and Salvado Road, Floreat Park and was dedicated to God on 7 December 1963 by Lt Commissioner Hubert Scotney. This became the end of an era for Leederville Corps and the new Corps of Floreat Park was established. This was the first time in Salvation Army History a Corps had moved “en bloc” to a different locality. It was a profound act of faith for the Salvation Army to even envisage a move to a select suburb such as Floreat. Since those very early days, the spirit of the Salvation Army has been maintained and many souls have found God.
We thank God and honour the pioneers who established our Corps and worked for God under such tough conditions. We thank God for their influence, their faithfulness and their example. There are still comrades active in our Corps today who can trace their ancestry back to original members of the Corps and are very proud of this fact.
The above information was obtained from the 130 page book called Leederville/Floreat Centenary published in 1996 and is available from the corps for $10.