Mennonite Disaster Service

Mennonite Disaster Service
Founded 1950
Focus Disaster Relief
Location
Area served
United States, Canada[3]
Key people
 Kevin King, Executive Director[1][2]
Revenue
$2,870,251 [1]
Employees
11 [1]
Volunteers
3,000+
Slogan Responding, Rebuilding, Restoring.
Website http://www.mds.mennonite.net

The Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is a volunteer network through which various groups within the Anabaptist tradition assist people affected by disasters in North America.[3] The organization was founded in 1950 and was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 1993.

The MDS currently involves more than 3,000 members of the Mennonite, Amish and Brethren in Christ churches (BIC).[4][5][6] The primary focus of the service is cleanup, repair, and the rebuilding of homes.[7] The work of the group supplements the disaster relief provided by the Red Cross.[8][9] The Mennonite Disaster Service also works closely with Mennonite Central Committee.[4]

A quarterly newsletter called Behind the Hammer is published.[10]

The volunteer amateur radio group Mennonet provides communication services for MDS.[11][12] Radio equipment was first deployed by MDS in 1960.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://charityreports.bbb.org/public/report.aspx?charityid=2043
  2. ↑ http://mds.mennonite.net/about_us/staff/
  3. ↑ http://www.mds.mennonite.net/
  4. ↑ http://mds.mennonite.net/about_us/history/
  5. ↑ Kraybill, Donald (2001). The Riddle of Amish Culture. The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 157–158. ISBN 0-8018-6772-X.
  6. ↑ Wittlinger, Carlton (1978). Quest for Piety and Obedience: The Story of the Brethren in Christ. Evangel Press. p. 529. ISBN 0-916035-05-0.
  7. ↑ http://www.kyham.net/downloads/library/training/mennonite.pdf
  8. ↑ http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/M46656.html/?searchterm=mennonite%20disaster%20service
  9. ↑ https://www.crossnet.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_300_,00.html
  10. ↑ http://mds.mennonite.net/news/newsletter
  11. ↑ http://www.hesston.edu/newsport/archives/fall2007/070920ham.htm
  12. ↑ Detweiler, Lowell (2000). The Hammer Rings Hope: Photos and Stories from Fifty Years of Mennonite Disaster Service. Herald Press. p. 63. ISBN 0-8361-9110-2.

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