The Salvation Army is set receive in excess of $1.5 billion from the estate of Joan Kroc, widow of McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc. Praise the Lord!
According to the Miami Herald:
The gift is for development of community centers across the country, similar to the Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center that opened in San Diego in June 2002. The Kroc center offers educational, recreational and cultural arts programs.
“We are obviously thrilled, but genuinely humbled by the exceptional generosity of Joan Kroc,” said W. Todd Bassett, national commander of The Salvation Army.
Now I don’t know what the Salvation Army does these days, but I know it was founded as an evangelical charity organization around the time of the Civil War. Read about the founder, William Booth and the Salvation Army’s doctrine of belief.
What a great commission! Mark 16:15 reads: “Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” May William Booth’s army of soldiers and vision live on…
