Couple elected to top positions

Lyndon Buckingham has been elected as the 22nd general of the international Salvation Army, the first New Zealander to hold the position. His wife, Bronwyn, also a Kiwi, will serve alongside him as world president of women’s ministries. They will take up their new leadership roles at the Salvation Army’s international headquarters in London from August, upon the retirement of general Brian Peddle and commissioner Rosalie Peddle. Their election follows days of deliberations by the Salvation Army’s High Council, which met at Sunbury Court, near London. Members of the High Council represented Salvation Army territories from around the world.