201: CrossTalk- The Booth Children

CrossTalk at the Kroc · Aug 26, 2026 · 50m

What happens when your family isn't simply part of a movement—but is at the very heart of it?

In this episode of CrossTalk at the Kroc, Major Jonathan Raymer sits down with Lieutenant Colonel Eddie Hobgood for the fourth and final conversation in their August series on Salvation Army history. This time, they turn their attention to the eight children of William and Catherine Booth—the family behind the movement that would become The Salvation Army.

Growing up in a home where the mission never seemed to stop, the Booth children experienced a childhood unlike almost any other. They were raised…