In what year was the Salvation Army founded by the Booths?
1865
1885
1905
1850
Answer
The Salvation Army was founded in London in 1865 by William and Catherine Booth. The Booths were a Methodist minister and his wife who had become increasingly concerned with the plight of the poor and homeless in London's East End.
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