General Speaks at Southern Territory’s Bible Conference

General Lyndon Buckingham and Commissioner Bronwyn Buckingham encouraged and challenged delegates to the USA Southern Territory Bible Conference, held at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, from August 3–9, 2025.

The Salvation Army’s international leaders taught and preached on living by the principles of the Kingdom of God and awakening hope, alongside guest speakers Jeniffer Dake and Dr. Matt Ayars. They delved deeply into God’s Word and the Spirit of God moved powerfully through their messages and ministry. “The world that you and I are living in, the world that we’re making our way through as we head to Glory, it’s hopeless. And we are the agents of hope,” the General explained in his Monday-morning session.

“Let your life be the story by putting [Jesus] right in the center of who you are. Jesus, be the center, the foundation of our hope.” Commissioner Buckingham (World President of Women’s Ministries) challenged everyone to “put to death” the destructive patterns that can tear relationships apart, focusing instead on compassion, love and humility. “Hope says that God is creating a new kind of community, where the things that threaten to divide us no longer need to define us.”

International Prayer Focus

This month, we are praying for:

• Caribbean Territory: September 29–October 5
• Denmark and Greenland Territory: October 6–12
• India Western Territory: October 13–19
• Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands Territory: October 20–26
• Mozambique Territory: October 27–November 2