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Soldier Interview - (Lieutenant) David
Collinson
Australia South Territory
JAC interviewed soldiers from five territories regarding
battle issues that we all face. We expect that most of you
will learn much on what the problems and solutions are in this
great salvation conflict. We esteem the interviewees as those
fighting hard and committed to glorifying Jesus as they
capture, train, and deploy on very different fronts.
JAC: Quick bio:
DC: I am 4th generation salvo who has been working as a youth
pastor & now lieutenant at a large middle class corps Box Hill
of about 500 people.
JAC: Tell us, about your salvation and sanctification.
DC: Saved at seven year old as a JS had significant spiritual
experiences at 16 and then at 25 when I felt God like never
before.
JAC: What engages your passions and energies these days.
DC: I have a real desire to see the Salvos reach its potential
and everyday people find God through its mission.
JAC: What is your role with The Salvation Army?
DC: I am assistant Corps Officer & TYS.
JAC: What is your mission/calling?
DC: I believe it is to help reinvent the Salvos here in
Australia so God can do His stuff without us getting in the
way.
JAC: How does The Army support your war-fighting?
DC: The Salvos give me all the resources I need-
accommodation, car, laptop, etc.
JAC: How do you influence people?
DC: I am relational and so it is through conversation and
sharing in each other’s dreams that my influence is best
shared.
JAC: What are your dreams for the next several years?
DC: I would love to see the 13-30s discover what it truly
means to be Salvo again & be proud of it!
JAC: What are the keys to successful warfare on your front and
the larger salvation war?
DC: We need to be ministering in the darkest places as that is
where the Salvos do their best stuff.
JAC: How are you and your comrades strengthening The Salvation
Army?
DC: I am part of a team running a conference called ACC -
Aggressive Christianity Conference that has been going for six
years and has been willing to look at what The SA is really
about & debate and ask the hard issues in a safe place.
JAC: What are some of the dangers we have to face in the
coming years? (and how?)
DC: We may have to become smaller numerically and more hard
core before we advance with new strategies with passionate
sold out Salvos.
JAC: What final exhortation have you for this audience?
DC: We need to keep seeking God in everything we do but also
we need to be a thinking Army than rather just an active
obedient Army. Probably best said by Catherine Booth
herself... We must disturb the present to better the future.
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