Manchester Central (Salvation Army)

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Manchester Central corps
Founded 1879 as Manchester Temple
Pastor Major Ray Ward
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Worship Sunday 11:00
Location Manchester, England
Information +44 (0) 161 273 2081
Website http://www1.salvationarmy.org.uk/manchester

Manchester Central corps of the Salvation Army is the main Salvation Army church (corps) in the city of Manchester.

Located on the University of Manchester campus, the corps has a strong African flavour with a number of the congregation coming from Zimbabwe, together with its Shona-speaking choir. Other nationalities worshiping there are/have included Zambian, Eritrean, Korean, Liberian, Italian, Namibian and Nigerian, as well as British members.

There is a strong outreach to students of the University of Manchester.