challenge rang out: Has not The Salvation Army passed its sell-by date? I was being called to account in a public setting. It felt as though the Army was on trial and I was to be her defending advocate. The Lord helped me It was necessary first to clarify the question. It turned out that those asking it knew quite a bit about the Army. They knew our structures and methods, our doctrines and policies. So it was not so much a question about The Salvation Army as an organisation, but more an attempt to tease out the nature of Salvationism. It is important not to confuse The Salvation Army with Salvationism.