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M. Christine MacMillan
Commissioner M. Christine MacMillan entered training from North York, Ontario, Canada. She was commissioned June 21, 1975.
| Commissioner Christine MacMillan | |
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| Rank | Commissioner |
| Session | Soldiers of the Cross |
| Birth Date | October 9, 1947 |
| Relations | McMillan Family |
Appointments
| Appointment | Rank | From | Until |
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| Cadet - College for Officers Training - Canada and Bermuda Territory | Cadet | 1973 | June 21, 1975 |
| Assistant Secretary for Operations and Social Services - United Kingdom Territory with the Republic of Ireland | 1994 | July 1995 | |
| Territorial Director of Program and Social Services - Canada and Bermuda Territory | July 1995 | July 1996 | |
| Assistant Social Services Secretary - Canada and Bermuda Territory | July 1996 | July 1999 | |
| Divisional Secretary for Program - Ontario East Division | July 1999 | April 2000 | |
| Program Secretary - Australia Eastern Territory | Lt. Colonel | April 2000 | February 2002 |
| Territorial Commander - Papua New Guinea Territory | Lt. Colonel | February 2002 | June 2003 |
| Territorial Commander - Canada and Bermuda Territory | Commissioner | June 30, 2003 | June 30, 2007 |
In 1975, following her ordination as a Salvation Army officer, MacMillan was appointed to The Homestead, a treatment centre for women with addictions in Vancouver, British Columbia. During the fifteen years spent there, she earned professional qualifications as an addictions counsellor.
In 1976, she founded The Cross Walk, a drop-in center and base for street work in Vancouver’s downtown eastside. In 1985, at the request of the Government of British Columbia, she founded the Kate Booth House, a haven for battered women and children. Throughout this period she participated in a major building project designed to provide residential facilities for women and children undergoing treatment for substance abuse. The center opened in 1986. Throughout her Vancouver appointments, vital bridge-building methodologies were successfully established within Salvation Army Community Churches.
In 1990, she was transferred to London, England, where she chose to spend her orientation period living and working in Hopetown, a Salvation Army hostel for women in London’s East End – the same district in which William Booth founded The Salvation Army in 1865.
In 1991, she was appointed to The Salvation Army’s Social Services Headquarters in the United Kingdom Territory as the Associate Director of the London Homelessness Project which focused on addressing the challenges cited in a major study of homelessness and poverty undertaken by The Salvation Army. This project, with a price tag of £35 million, included more than 20 capital and program projects designed to effectively address a wide range of social concerns. Inclusive of this activity was the opening of an outreach corps.