International College for Officers delegates joined with International Headquarters (IHQ) staff on Thursday 6 February 2025 to acknowledge General Lyndon Buckingham and Commissioner Bronwyn Buckingham as they received their 35-year long-service awards.
Chief of the Staff Commissioner Edward Hill spoke with thankfulness, good humour and recognition as he led the presentation during IHQ family prayers. ‘The international Salvation Army is grateful for the exemplary service of General Lyndon and Commissioner Bronwyn Buckingham,’ he said. ‘Over the course of thirty-five years, both have demonstrated great capacity, character, vision, leadership, compassion and boundless energy. It is a privilege for me and the rest of the IHQ team to partner with them in carrying forward the sacred mission and spiritual life of The Salvation Army.’
Commissioner Buckingham was presented with her award by Commissioner Shelley Hill (World Secretary for Women’s Ministries) and the General received his from Major Wendy Mouland (Private Secretary to the Chief of the Staff).
The General and Commissioner Buckingham are officers of the New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa Territory. They were commissioned as Salvation Army officers in 1990 in the Ambassadors for Christ Session.
They have served in their home territory; Canada and Bermuda; Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand; and the United Kingdom and Ireland Territory.
On 3 August 2018, the then Commissioner Lyndon was appointed Chief of the Staff, The Salvation Army’s global second-in-command, and Commissioner Bronwyn as World Secretary for Women’s Ministries (prior to her appointment as World Secretary for Spiritual Life Development on 1 January 2021). They assumed their current responsibilities as General and World President of Women’s Ministries on 3 August 2023.