1. Shaw Clifton was a Salvation Army Officer born to Salvation Army officer parents stationed in Northern Ireland, who served as the 18th General of the Salvation Army.
17 Facts About Shaw Clifton
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Shaw Clifton was born on 21 September 1945 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Shaw Clifton went briefly to continue his theological studies at International Headquarters in October 1973, before being appointed in January 1975 with his wife, Helen, to Zimbabwe, initially to the Mazowe Secondary School and then to Bulawayo as corps officers.
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Shaw Clifton returned to the United Kingdom in 1979 to take charge of Enfield Corps, North London.
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Shaw Clifton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and appointed Divisional Commander in the Massachusetts Division of the USA Eastern Territory for two years.
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Shaw Clifton was appointed Territorial Commander of the Pakistan Territory of The Salvation Army in 1997 with the rank of Colonel, later promoted to the rank of Commissioner while still in Pakistan where the work of the Army prospered during his service there.
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Shaw Clifton served a five-year term, entering retirement in 2011.
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Shaw Clifton married Commissioner Helen Shaw Clifton, who was born in 1948 in Edmonton, London, on 15 July 1967.
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Commissioner Helen Shaw Clifton was world president of women's ministries and was a Salvation Army officer from 1973.
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On 13 September 2007, Shaw Clifton became a Freeman of the City of London.
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In 2013 Shaw Clifton married Birgitte Brekke, an officer of The Salvation Army.
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Shaw Clifton advocated a role for churches in social action, not just in social service.
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Shaw Clifton encouraged freedom of contact between the Army and other branches of the Body of Christ, including the Roman Catholic Church.
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Shaw Clifton sought to promote talented women Army leaders into more senior roles.
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Shaw Clifton emphasised the use of modern communication techniques in Christian ministry and encouraged a book publishing programme by The Salvation Army's International Headquarters in London and around the world.
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Shaw Clifton was known for writing and speaking on the practical possibility of living a pure and holy life in the secular world, by divine indwelling and grace.
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Shaw Clifton drew upon the writings of the Reformers, John Wesley, William Booth, Catherine Booth, Samuel Logan Brengle, and Edward Read.