West announces accepted candidates for 2020, 2021 sessions
Today the Western Territory announced its accepted candidates for the College for Officer Training at Crestmont sessions beginning in 2020 and 2021 as follows. ACCEPTED CANDIDATES 2020-2022 Messengers of Reconciliation Session CALIFORNIA SOUTH Monique Garcia – Santa Monica Corps, California Jose Gonzalez – Compton Corps,
‘Love is Kind’ project raises $4,000 for Salvation Army World Services
Cameron Helms shares a biblical truth with his World Services fundraiser. By Karen Gleason - “Love is kind.” That’s the simple, but powerful, message on the “Camegram,” a recent fundraiser for The Salvation Army’s World Services executed by Cameron Helms, 27, who
CFOT Family Care kids do their part during COVID-19 crisis
Children at the College’s Family Care Center create messages of hope and love. By Karen Gleason– Children at the College for Officer Training (CFOT) at Crestmont are doing their part to reach out to others during the COVID-19 crisis, creating uplifting notes
COVID-19: Cadets at Bell Shelter
Cadets from the College for Officer Training (CFOT) at Crestmont served at Bell Shelter in Bell, California, in its Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) warehouse March 17. Due to the coronavirus crisis, Territorial Commander Commissioner Kenneth G. Hodder announced that CFOT
CFOT halts normal schedule during COVID-19 crisis
Cadets will be on duty for Emergency Disaster Services in California South Division. Western Territorial Commander Commissioner Kenneth G. Hodder announced March 16 that the College for Officer Training at Crestmont (CFOT) will cease its normal schedule to allow cadets to
Lee Strobel to speak at CFOT Commencement
Atheist-turned-Christian Lee Strobel, former award-winning legal editor of The Chicago Tribune, is a New York Times best-selling author of more than 40 books and curricula that have sold 14 million copies. He currently serves as President of the Lee Strobel
Crestmont welcomes new Training Principal
Major Nigel Cross is Training Principal at the College for Officer Training. Major (Dr.) Nigel Cross assumed the role of Training Principal at the College for Officer Training (CFOT) at Crestmont Jan. 8 from his previous appointment as Assistant Training Principal.
Major Brian Saunders reflects on his time at the College for Officer Training at Crestmont
By Karen Gleason - Major Brian Saunders is in transition, awaiting his visa so he can relocate to new quarters in Box Hill, Australia, where he is now Box Hill Corps Officer, effective Jan. 8, despite the tardy visa. He’s excited
Future Salvation Army officers prepare to lead ‘The Way Out’ of homelessness
Cadets’ Fall Blitz includes Homeless Justice Immersion Day. By Karen Gleason - Cadets from the College for Officer Training at Crestmont (CFOT) participated in a Homeless Justice Immersion Day Oct. 18 in Orange County, California. The Western Territory’s Social Justice department worked
Cadets given 2019 Christmas assignments
This Christmas season—from Nov. 11–Dec. 22—the cadets of the College for Officer Training will be serving on Christmas assignment throughout the Western Territory in the following locations: ALASKA DIVISION Cadet Ashley Cunningham, Homer, Alaska CALIFORNIA SOUTH DIVISION Cadets Betty and Ratu Vesikula, Inglewood, California Cadets
College for Officer Training exceeds accreditation standards
The Western Territory’s College for Officer Training (CFOT) at Crestmont hosted 11 members of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Jr. Colleges (ACCJC), who were on campus in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, the week of Oct. 7 to conduct the
Potential candidates for officer training learn about Salvation Army officership
Potential candidates for officer training take an up-close look at Salvation Army officership. The 2019 Future Officers’ Fellowship (FOF) weekend, held Sept. 6–8 at the College for Officer Training (CFOT) at Crestmont, united men and women from across the Western Territory