Candidates Central

05/20/2026

05/12/2026

Accepted Candidate Katelyn Church
North & Central Illinois Division
"Rescued" 2026-2028

Congratulations, Katelyn, on becoming an Accepted Candidate in the Central Territory! May God bless you as you prepare to enter CFOT! We thank God for your life and rejoice with you over this great news!

05/12/2026

Accepted Candidate Billi Jo Middendorp
Midland Division
"Rescued" 2026-2028

Congratulations, Billi Jo, on becoming an Accepted Candidate in the Central Territory! May God bless you as you prepare to enter CFOT! We thank God for your life and rejoice with you over this great news!

05/01/2026

04/10/2026

Proclaimers of Transformation Summer Assignments

We’re delighted to share the summer assignments for the Proclaimers of Transformation session. Join us in praying for the cadets during this seasonal training experience, June 15-August 9, 2026.

Cadets Jonquilla and J Colbert
Chicago, Ill., Harbor Light
(Major Nicole Hughes)
North & Central Illinois Division

Cadet Dalton Francis
Springfield, Mo., Corps
(Majors Cyndi and Amos Shiels)
Midland Division

Cadet Git Gatluak
Dearborn Heights, Mich., Corps
(Majors Valerie and Jeffrey Carr)
Great Lakes Division

Cadet Elijah Stouder
Mankato, Minn., Corps
(Captains Corey and Andy Wheeler)
Northern Division

Cadet Christopher Szoke
Grand Rapids, Mich., Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center
(Major Carol and Captain Jack Huffman)
Great Lakes Division

03/25/2026

Let’s pray for the Cadets as they minister during Holy Week in areas both near and far!

03/23/2026

Accepted Candidates Edgar Montesinos and Maria Martinez Padilla
North & Central Illinois Division
"Rescued" 2026-2028

Congratulations, Edgar and Maria, on becoming Accepted Candidates in the Central Territory! May God bless you as you prepare to enter CFOT! We thank God for your life and rejoice with you over this great news!

03/23/2026

Accepted Candidate Joshua Walker
Great Lakes Division
"Rescued" 2026-2028

Congratulations, Joshua, on becoming an Accepted Candidate in the Central Territory! May God bless you as you prepare to enter CFOT! We thank God for your life and rejoice with you over this great news!

03/16/2026

Join us in praying for our territory.

This week, we pray for The Salvation Army in the USA Central Territory. The leaders of this territory have shared the following points to guide us as we pray:

We thank God for the new territorial prayer initiative: 'Praying Beyond…BIG & BOLD!' We ask for courage and faith to pray beyond ourselves with big and bold prayers!

We praise God for the beautiful diversity he has gifted us with in our congregations and those we serve.

We thank God for the new Centre for Social Justice and City Mission recently opened in Chicago, and pray for its presence and ministry in the community and throughout the territory.

Pray for a revival to sweep across the territory!

We pray for good stewardship of our finances, facilities and resources.

Please uphold the Keepers of the Covenant and Proclaimers of Transformation sessions of cadets in prayer.

We pray that people would be open to hearing the call of God on their lives and responding to local leadership and officership.

Pray for the Holy Spirit’s leading in Spiritual Life: that we would hear the needs of the field and be creative in coming alongside them. And that we would experience new levels of spiritual transformation and growth resulting in richer spiritual lives.

Pray for the Holy Spirit’s leading with our Youth: That we would continue to see growth and revival in our young adults, and for the corps’ youth outreach and summer camping programs.

And lastly, we pray for the Holy Spirit’s leading within Leadership Development: For leaders to be Christ-like, Spirit-led, servant leaders, and resilient in a fast-changing and turbulent world. And that leaders will disciple and multiply other leaders.

🌍 Find out more about The Salvation Army in the USA Central Territory and our international prayer focus for each week at: salvationarmy.org/prayer-focus

02/20/2026

Accepted Candidates Amanda & Keegan Hanton
North & Central Illinois Division
"Rescued" 2026-2028
Congratulations, Amanda and Keegan, on becoming Accepted Candidates in the Central Territory! May God bless you as you prepare to enter CFOT!
We thank God for your life and rejoice with you over this great news!

02/11/2026

The General actually knows Gen Z lingo. No cap!

General Lyndon Buckingham took office as the 22nd General of The Salvation Army (world leader of The Salvation Army) on August 3, 2023. He and his wife, Comm...