Historedia
Episode 1 of 2

Founding of the Christian Mission

When
1865
Where
East End of London
Part of
William Booth founds the Christian Mission

William Booth established the East London Christian Mission in 1865 in London's East End, contrary to the legacy date of 1868.

The legacy row incorrectly states the founding year as 1868. Sources confirm the East London Christian Mission was founded in 1865 by William Booth and his wife Catherine. Booth, a former Methodist Reform Church minister, opened 'The Christian Revival Society' in the East End in 1865 to hold evening meetings for the poor.

Sources

  1. Salvation Army Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26
  2. William Booth Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-01

Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.