Editing The Salvation Army (section)

===Soldier's Covenant===
{{wikisource|Articles of War}}
The Soldier's Covenant<ref>{{cite book | title=The Salvation Army Year Book 2018 | year=2017 | isbn=9781911149408 | page=20| publisher=Salvation Books, The Salvation Army International Headquarters }}</ref> is the [[creed]] of the Salvation Army. All members of the church are allowed to subscribe to this creed; every person has to sign the document before they can become enrolled as a Soldier.<ref>{{cite book | isbn=9781911149408 | title=The Salvation Army Year Book 2018 | year=2017 | page=20| publisher=Salvation Books, The Salvation Army International Headquarters }}</ref> Members have traditionally been referred to as "soldiers" of Christ.<ref name="BehernsAbuse">{{cite news|last1=Beherns|first1=David|title=One Army's Crusade in the Salvation Army, all officers are ordained ministers. Soldiers' are congregants who have taken a special vow called Articles of War.' Their enemy: homelessness, poverty, alcohol and drug abuse|newspaper=[[Newsday]]|date=19 December 1990|id={{ProQuest|278336519}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www1.salvationarmy.org/heritage.nsf/0/fea4acf97c61102c80256a2200443120?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,doctrines|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051024013917/http://www1.salvationarmy.org/heritage.nsf/0/fea4acf97c61102c80256a2200443120?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,doctrines|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2005|title=Articles of War For Salvation Army Soldiers|date=24 October 2005|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="SandinSalvation">{{cite news|last1=Sandin|first1=Jo|title=Salvation Army rallies troops, spirit Recruiting mission brings a general here for only third time since 1865|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=26 March 1997|id={{ProQuest|260508955}}}}</ref> These were formerly known as the "Articles of War", and include "Having received with all my heart the salvation offered to me by the tender mercy of God, I do here and now acknowledge God the Father to be my King; God the Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, to be my Saviour; and God the Holy Spirit to be my Guide, Comforter and Strength, and I will, by His help, love, serve, worship and obey this glorious God through time and in eternity."{{r|Salvationists|p=4}}