ABSTRACT This paper considers the community development practice of The Salvation Army in a public housing estate in Sydney, Australia. Drawing on interviews with community members, officers, staff, and volunteers from The Salvation Army, we explore the transformative potential of relational, rather than transactional, community development practices. In accepting the theological principle of imago Dei as the foundation for its practice, The Salvation Army prioritized listening, witnessing and simply loving people and place, and generated a profound sense of belonging and connectedness. This relational approach to community development offers valuable lessons for faith-based communities of social work practice.

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见证、拯救、服务？全球城市郊区社区发展的相关方法

摘要 本文考虑了救世军在澳大利亚悉尼公共住宅区的社区发展实践。通过对来自救世军的社区成员、官员、工作人员和志愿者的采访，我们探索了关系而不是交易社区发展实践的变革潜力。救世军以天尊的神学原则为实践基础，将聆听、见证和单纯地爱人和地方放在首位，并产生了深刻的归属感和联系感。这种社区发展的相关方法为基于信仰的社会工作实践社区提供了宝贵的经验教训。