Salvation Army

work spread later to areas like Zaheerabad, Siruvancha and so on and the Christian population started growing year by year. SALVATION ARMY: Though started very late in Andhra under the auspicious of Frederick Booth-Tucker, the Salvation Army did Yoeman service in the fields of Medical and Education. It has established hospitals such as Booth Leprosy hospital and General Hospitals at Bapatla and Evangeline Tucker hospital at Nidubrolu. The primary, secondary schools were established at several villages and towns in Guntur District. The most remarkable contribution of Salvation Army was in the field of reformation of the criminals of Yerukula tribe by holding settlements at Stuartpuram near Bapatla and Sitanagaram, on the right bank of river Krishna near Vijayawada. The Salvation Army missionaries were successfully reformed the Yerukula tribes which were stamped as criminals by the Government of India. The Salvation Army gained success where the Government of India failed. The Salvation army is an outfit of army not intended to fight against enemies but to fight evil and to bring the people into the true faith i.e., Christian faith. It has achieved good succession in Andhra Pradesh.