The Salvation Army Penang Corps

Salvation Army Malaysia (25 November 2010)


The Salvation Army (5.41766, 100.31722) is an international Christian evangelical organisation with its headquarters in London, England. In Penang, it is best known for running a children's home, particularly the boys' orphanage.

The Salvation Army was founded by William Booth in Nottingham, England, in 1829. Booth decided to start an organisation that can bring the Gospel to the poor and destitute when the existing middle class churches were less than enthusiastic in the work. Together with his wife Catherine, Booth created the East London Christian Mission with a quasi-military structure. The church itself is called the "corp" (as in the body of Christ) and its mission workers are known as "soldiers" (being soldiers of God), styled with a military-inspired hierarchy.

The logo of the Salvation Army is a red shield. It traces its history to the Boer War in South Africa, at the end of the 19th century.

The work of The Salvation Army in Malaya was started in 1938 by Salvation Army Major Adjutant Frederick Harvey, who arrived with his wife and toddler son to commence the Gospel ministry in Penang. Their choice of mission programme, little changed till this day, was to reach out to under-privileged children, those from broken homes and the orphans. The Second World War interrupted Major Harvey's work when he was incarcerated in the Penang Prison, and thereafter moved to Changi Prison.

Today the Salvation Army of Malaysia is headquartered at Perak Road in Penang. It also has churches throughout the country. In Penang it also runs the Salvation Army Children's Home along Logan Road.

The Salvation Army Penang Corps is on the Map of Perak Road, Penang

Head Office:
53 Jalan Perak Road
10150, Penang
Tel: 04 229 0921

Branches, in alphabetical order

Federal Territory: Kuala Lumpur Corps
1 Lingkungan Hujan,
Overseas Union Garden
5th Mile Klang Road,
58200 Kuala Lumpur
Tel : 03 7782 4766

Malacca: Melaka Corps
321 Jalan Perameswara, 75000 Melaka
Tel : 06 283 1203

Malacca: Melaka Tamil Corps
321 Jalan Perameswara, 75000 Melaka
Tel: 06 283 1203

Malacca: Outpost
J-7702 Main Road, Batang Melaka, 77500 Jasin, Melaka
Tel: 06 446 1601

Perak: Ipoh Corps
123-125 Jalan Taman Star Wah Keong Park, 31400 Ipoh, Perak
Tel : 05 545 3269

Sabah: Kota Kinabalu Corps
20-2, Blk A, Inanam Business Centre, Batu 6 Jalan Tuaran 88450 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Tel : 088 433 766

Sabah: Kota Belud Corps Plant
1st Floor, Lot 34, Kota Belud New Township 89157 Kota Belud, Sabah
Tel: 088 439 749

Sarawak: Bintulu Corps Plant
Lot 216 2nd Floor BDA Shophouse, 16 Jalan Tanjung Batu 97000 Bintulu, Sarawak.
Tel: 086 315 843

Sarawak; Kuching Corps
Sekama Road, Kuching, Sarawak Post: PO Box 44 Kuching, 93700 Kuching, Sarawak

Tel : 082 333 981

Selangor: Banting Outpost
111A Jalan Bunga Pekan Dua, Kawasan 5 42700 Banting, Selangor
Tel : 016 289 3084

List of Churches in Penang and Churches in Malaysia