[soon you will be able to submit your ideas, ask questions, and connect with others who are working on disaster preparedness and response ministry]

 

How to Develop a Local Church Disaster Response Ministry

In Appendix I of Nehemiah Response, you will find a section specifically designed to help churches and ministries with a disaster preparedness plan and how to develop a disaster response ministry.

Since the concept of churches developing a preparedness plan and a didaster response ministry is in its infancy, collaboration and networking is a vital part for starting and developing this type of ministry. As this section on the Website is developed, you will be able to post information that you are discovering and also receive information from others that may be helpful for you.

Here are important questions that we need to ask ourselves in order to begin thinking ahead like this: How likely is it that an emergency would strike in our area? What kind of disaster could there be? How can we be ready to serve and seize opportunities for ministry that would arise?

The church can respond uniquely like this in any disaster. The church is the body of Christ. Collectively, the church has within its participants the skills, talents, and spiritual gifts to meet many of the needs that arise out of a disaster.