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Welcome to the
Salvation Army in Kuwait
In brief: Kuwait became the
116th country to fly the
Salvation Army flag when Majors
Michael and Teresa Hawley (USA
Southern Territory) took up
their appointments in the Arabic
gulf state on 1 August 2008.
They were joined on 17 September
by Lieutenants Robert and Glenis
Viera, also from USA Southern,
who were appointed to Kuwait
direct from being commissioned
as Salvation Army officers.
Much of their ministry, based in
the government-approved
Protestant Compound, is expected
to be with the 300-plus
Salvationist immigrant workers
who are originally from India,
Bangladesh, Pakistan, The
Philippines and Sri Lanka.
Contact with the ex-pat
Salvationists was originally
made when International
Emergency Services ran its Iraq
relief programme from Kuwait.
This was followed by intensive
research and visits to the
country by the General’s
Representative for Global
Evangelisation (Colonel Dick
Krommenhoek) and the
International Secretary for
South Asia (Commissioner
Lalkiamlova) in 2007.
The work in Kuwait is overseen
by the South Asia Zone at
International Headquarters. |
